Scottoiler oil on my tyre
 

Well I been trying to clean it off and it keeps getting back on there :confused: Ive turned it down to setting 1 so hardly any oil is coming out but still the oil keeps getting back on there.

So anyway the bit of the tyre (left side obviously) that has the oil on actually seems to have better grip than the normal tyre!!! So has anyone read or know if the oil can cause issues with grip?

Im going to have to have a damn good look at the tyre and see where the hell the oil KEEPS coming from.

Re: Scottoiler oil on my tyre
 

I've not had any issues with getting oil on my tyre. No reduced grip or slippyness from it.

I sometimes get a bit of fling on the wheel / right on the very edge but it normally goes only on my chicken strip so I'm not to worried about it anyway.

Wheres your oiler sat ? It is near to your exhaust or does the delivery pipe go near the exhaust ? Its not getting hot and thining the oil out and causing it to run a little thin and thats why your getting the fling ?

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Im not sure. The resevoir is under the back seat and it oils the top front of the front sprocket. No real heat getting to it.

It used to put a little bit onto the tyre similar to you but over the last week (noticed it on the rideout on Sunday) its put it all over the left side of the tyre :-?

Not noticed and dry weather grip issues but I cant imagine its going to help in the wet... which I think its going to be today. :(

Re: Scottoiler oil on my tyre
 

Had a look at mine Nick, It's the same, got the delivery adjusted to just under a drip per minute, like the scottoil manual recommends, and have traces of oil on the sidewall, and on the chicken-strip, doesn't seem to cause a problem and the reservoir is well away from the exhaust as Fizzwheel recommends, I think you've just got a bit paranoid after talkin' to YC last week.....;)

Re: Scottoiler oil on my tyre
 

Well its covered the whole left of the tyre... :(. Oil is ok on tyre's unless its excessive as it kinda absorbs it but in the wet im sure it wont be good, think diesel. Id post a pic but I wont be able to for a while...

Re: Scottoiler oil on my tyre
 

Remember the Scotoiler oil is water soluable so its not going to hang around long in the wet anyway. But I know what you mean I wouldnt want a back tyre covered in it anyway.

I'm wandering if your resevoir is bust and the oil is running out all by itself. Whats it like with the engine off is the vac pipe attatched properly and make sure the breathers not blocked ( although this would stop the flow I think not increase it )

Re: Scottoiler oil on my tyre
 

Ive tried limiting the breather to try and slow the flow. Ill have a good look and see what I can find out. Wash it off as best I can before I set off. :)

Ill also check to see if the valve thing is maybe stuck open.

Re: Scottoiler oil on my tyre
 

Probably soaked a bit of oil in when it first happened & then it comes to the surface with heat from tyre use?
Water soluble? Is this not the FS365?
If oil is aimed at the TOP of your front sprocket it will be flung off almost immediately. Aim it at 7 o'clock on the INSIDE of the chain, but there will always be a greater tendency to put oil on the tyre tread compared with aiming it at the rear sprocket. ( that puts more oil on the wheel rim & tyre sidewall )

Re: Scottoiler oil on my tyre
 

To check for leaks, engine off & blow down the breather.

I recently found out that my breather had got itself disconnected. Reservoir is where the K6 toolkit should be, so it just dribbled oil onto the chain guard. :(

Re: Scottoiler oil on my tyre
 

Just guessing here but.........
If fitted to front sprocket then the oil has very little time to get contact with the chain before it comes out into the open. If the chain is flapping/bouncing, call it what you want, it might fling the oil off the chain. As this action is forward of the rear wheel then I would expect it to meet the tyre on the left side.
Try fitting it to the rear sprocket and then the oil has more chance of staying on the chain and if, for any reason it is a bit "thin" then it should get flung somewhere behind the rear tyre, although yo might still get a small amount on the wheel itself.

Just a thought..........................