Oil leak on my new sv650 curvey!

[Lissa]

The handbook does say what Robo says, but we check it cold, can't really see it makes a lot of difference as long as you do check it.

Originally Posted by Lissa

The handbook does say what Robo says, but we check it cold, can't really see it makes a lot of difference as long as you do check it.

Okay, thanks!

I will maybe check cold, then run and check hot... and see what the difference is.

Cheers everyone!

Mike

[dizzyblonde]

you do it cold so you get a more accurate level. When your oil is warm its travelled round the system a bit, and may seem low when you check it. If you top it up, and go back to it I garantee it'll say you'vr over filled it above the high level mark.........trust me I got told off by Im Indoors for doing a check after I'd run it a little. I'll do as I'm old in future!!

Cool, thanks everyone! - gotta go now.

Will silicone the bolts in the morning, and change oil for nice new oil.

Originally Posted by sv-robo

Run bike for a few mins to warm it up then swittch off
Check oil 2/3mins later and see how high it comes up the window

This is what I do, you gotta check it with the bike upright and not on a paddock stand either.

mine was leaking a few weeks ago - turned out to be the crank case breather pipe.

Originally Posted by maultin

mine was leaking a few weeks ago - turned out to be the crank case breather pipe.

Thats a common one too, but if you look in his pic you can see that the oil spill does no go high enough which means a leak is coming from either the clutch or the water pump. Always go to the oil marks highest spot and work down.

[tj2]

Originally Posted by Dangerous Dave

Bike Oil Only!!!

OK lets stir things up a bit..............................

I do know the answer to my question, but would like to see how many of you spend too much cash !!!!

Why BIKE OIL ONLY ? why not a bit of old api spec sl 10/40 car oil ?

As you can generally buy a 5 litre can for the same as 1 litre of "bike oil"


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The leak your referring to is the waterpump. There are 4 seals in total.

There is an o ring seal inside the waterpump, when this fails water/oil mix will leak from the casing. This is currently happening on mine (although not as bad) and its going in to be fixed Thursday.

Your probably getting a little bit of water in your oil, that will explain the creamy stuff. I would get the leak fixed properly first before replacing it.

As for silicone on the nuts???? - This will only be a temporary fix and its just hiding the problem.

Originally Posted by jumjum_0214

As for silicone on the nuts???? - This will only be a temporary fix and its just hiding the problem.

I was referring to the clutch cover which is a seperate piece on the early curvy's and a well known problem. They only way it can be treated properly is to replace the side casing with a one piece casing as used on later curvys and pointys.