Leaking oil cooler lines, bodge needed - SV650.org

12-03-10, 09:46 AM

I got out of work this morning to find a puddle of oil under my bike, the larger metal line appears to be leaking from where it has a rubber cover over it.
I have ordered both oil lines from svspares.com but I really could do with using the bike for work.

Will it be possible to make a temporary unholy bodge to bypass the oil cooler by connecting the shorter flexible hose across the oil outlet and inlet ports so i can continue to use the bike for a few days while i wait for the propper hoses to arrive from svspares?
Has anyone ever tried this?

Sid Squid · 12-03-10, 11:09 AM

I haven't tried it on an SV, but I have done it on a couple of other bikes.
As long as you can make it seal it'll be fine, the Curvy had no cooler and isn't an oil boiler, so, at least in this cold weather I'm sure it'll be fine.

13-03-10, 05:24 PM

Turns out the shorter hose is too short and the banjo bolts at too different an angle to make that work

Looks like ill have to get a lift to work for the next few days.

12-03-10, 09:46 AM	#1
en4rab Guest Posts: n/a	Leaking oil cooler lines, bodge needed I got out of work this morning to find a puddle of oil under my bike, the larger metal line appears to be leaking from where it has a rubber cover over it. I have ordered both oil lines from svspares.com but I really could do with using the bike for work. Will it be possible to make a temporary unholy bodge to bypass the oil cooler by connecting the shorter flexible hose across the oil outlet and inlet ports so i can continue to use the bike for a few days while i wait for the propper hoses to arrive from svspares? Has anyone ever tried this?

12-03-10, 11:09 AM	#2
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Leaking oil cooler lines, bodge needed I haven't tried it on an SV, but I have done it on a couple of other bikes. As long as you can make it seal it'll be fine, the Curvy had no cooler and isn't an oil boiler, so, at least in this cold weather I'm sure it'll be fine. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

13-03-10, 05:24 PM	#3
en4rab Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Leaking oil cooler lines, bodge needed Turns out the shorter hose is too short and the banjo bolts at too different an angle to make that work Looks like ill have to get a lift to work for the next few days.

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