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1998 ST2.
On a recent trip, as some of you know I had a few mechanical issues. While at a shop, they noticed an oil leak. Now, in hindsight I realize that I have not seen any oil leaking until I was at the shop-none at all.
Their thinking was I may need to replace the pistion o ring. And possibly have the heads re-surfaced/ machined. The later being a better/more expensive way to possibly ensure the leak would stop.
I made a few calls yesterday to some shops in my area-lake tahoe/reno. the guy at Michaels power sports said that if it's the o ring, it would be anywhere from $500-$1,000 to repair it. I then called a smaller shop, Dynorider and spoke with Ed. He feels that it 'could' be the oil over flow spilling oil. He doubts it's the o ring, but of course that's an educated guess over the phone. He said that it doesn't take much extra oil to cause this sort of leak.
What's important in this is that the bike has ALWAYS been kept on the center stand, except at the shop in San Francisco. And that is where the leak was noticed. My ride from SF to Tahoe showed some leaking, but the bike did spend some time on the side stand. Is it possible that my leak is the over flow valve and nothing more?
I am going to ride the bike and keep a careful eye on the oil level which is 'maybe' a few millimeters lower in the window than when I started my trip-extremely hard to be certain of that but I know I'm leaking a touch of oil so sooner or later it will read lower.
Now, should I not worry about the leak and just clean it when the leak appears and not worry too much? The bike runs great and while sitting in the garage there is zero leaking.
What Ed said makes sense(and I like the less expensive option) that perhaps I'm only seeing the leak when it's on the side stand due to the over flow port?
Any input from someone with a leak?
thanks.
On a recent trip, as some of you know I had a few mechanical issues. While at a shop, they noticed an oil leak. Now, in hindsight I realize that I have not seen any oil leaking until I was at the shop-none at all.
Their thinking was I may need to replace the pistion o ring. And possibly have the heads re-surfaced/ machined. The later being a better/more expensive way to possibly ensure the leak would stop.
I made a few calls yesterday to some shops in my area-lake tahoe/reno. the guy at Michaels power sports said that if it's the o ring, it would be anywhere from $500-$1,000 to repair it. I then called a smaller shop, Dynorider and spoke with Ed. He feels that it 'could' be the oil over flow spilling oil. He doubts it's the o ring, but of course that's an educated guess over the phone. He said that it doesn't take much extra oil to cause this sort of leak.
What's important in this is that the bike has ALWAYS been kept on the center stand, except at the shop in San Francisco. And that is where the leak was noticed. My ride from SF to Tahoe showed some leaking, but the bike did spend some time on the side stand. Is it possible that my leak is the over flow valve and nothing more?
I am going to ride the bike and keep a careful eye on the oil level which is 'maybe' a few millimeters lower in the window than when I started my trip-extremely hard to be certain of that but I know I'm leaking a touch of oil so sooner or later it will read lower.
Now, should I not worry about the leak and just clean it when the leak appears and not worry too much? The bike runs great and while sitting in the garage there is zero leaking.
What Ed said makes sense(and I like the less expensive option) that perhaps I'm only seeing the leak when it's on the side stand due to the over flow port?
Any input from someone with a leak?
thanks.