Re: Would you repair a tyre?
 

Where is it leaking oil from?

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I am! Just waiting for the wife to brig the trailer and I'll get it home and investigate.

Trust it to go pop on a Saturday afternoon as the sun comes out

Re: Would you repair a tyre?
 

What I've done in the past with damage like that is wack in some superglue (theres 2 things that it loves: skin and rubber). If required you can let the tyre down to make it easier and then rest assured that you've carried out a repair but its cost nowt!

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"Oil light came on"
Thats usually terminal.I hope you caught it in time.

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:thumbsup:

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So do I. It flickered on then off. When it came back on I switched straight off and then noticed oil running out from the belly pan. Pulled into the curb to see more oil running out :-(

I'm hoping it's just a seal popped

Re: Would you repair a tyre?
 

In no particular order:
Scrub the tyre up with fairy liquid, and be very careful on it for a little bit.
Hopefully the leak was a biggie, the oil level will have dropped fast enough that there was very little time without there being enough oil in it, limiting the potential for damage.
Check where the oil's coming from. The seal behind the front sprocket's a favourite, and can often be fixed simply by re-tightening the front sprocket nut if it's loose.

Pointy SVs have been known to blow the lines to the oil cooler if they've been pinched or damaged, which can dump the entire sump in about 8 seconds flat...

Breather pipes coming loose of the rear of the engine case can occur too.

If all else fails, clean it up, add oil, and start it up, and keep an eye out!

Jambo

Re: Would you repair a tyre?
 

It is indeed the seal behind the front sprocket. The nut wasnt too loose, and its running out that fast that I cant see tightening it will have any effect.

Does anyone have any idea where I can get a front sprocket seal at this time on a saturday or tomorrow, near to stoke/macclesfield/congleton?

Re: Would you repair a tyre?
 

That nut's supposed to be done up plenty tight ~145Nm, so it doesn't have to be too loose to cause an issue.

If you need a new seal, your local Suzuki dealer would be a good first port of call.

Jambo

Re: Would you repair a tyre?
 

Back on the tyre issue, I used the pink snot as it made the most bold claims, and promptly got a puncture. The hole was easy to find - it was where pink snot was squirting out (instead of fixing the flat before it happened :mad:). Plugged with the rep&air kit and the repair was still sound when the tyre was bald and replaced many thousands of miles later.

I tried the green snot in the new tyres, but that just earned me a death threat from the mechanic (wasn't my fault - the garage stockman "forgot" to tell him it was there). I didn't get a flat either (but then, didn't find any debris / metal / glass buried in the rubber when I changed the tyres out)