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Am I in trouble?? Stator cavity question...

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OK, I'm slowly learning about my 750LX project.

The engine was well covered in grime due to what looked like a badly leaking can chain tensioner...

Sooooo, I filled a bucket with soapy water and used a long handled brush to clean off as much gunk as I could. Didn't use a hose to spray it down, but didn't worry much about water puddling on the backside of the engine either. When I was done, I used an air gun to blow off all the water I could.

Today I pulled off the starter motor cover & there wasn't a gasket on it. The cavity wasn't full of water but is was quite wet. Again, I use my air gun to dry it out.

Then I stuck my air gun into the hole on the backside of the stator cover (see picture) and when I blew it out, water came out of it !!

I have yet to pull a stator cover off yet & I'm not really sure what's behind there.

My concern is, do I have a case full of water around the stator & such??

Please tell me I have nothing to worry about - thanks,

Mike
 
That's supposed to be a drain hole. It's probably clogged, so open it up again and ur' good.
 
Hey Mike, I think that hole is there to allow the stator wires to feed out. There is a seperate cavity in the cover so I think there is no worry.
 
Nessism said:
Hey Mike, I think that hole is there to allow the stator wires to feed out. There is a seperate cavity in the cover so I think there is no worry.
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Maybe I should have looked at the picture, and possible read it more thorough, and .... :eek:

Time to go play some video.
 
Search the forum for "Mystery Hole" to learn more about the drain hole under the starter.
 
bwringer said:
Search the forum for "Mystery Hole" to learn more about the drain hole under the starter.
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Thanks Brian, however, if you look at the pic I attached to my first thread you can see it's the hole (cavity) on the side of the case adjacent to the starter I was refering to...

I thinking I'm OK here, am I correct to assume that any water that gets into that hole will NOT get into any place it shouldn't (e.g., tranny, stator, etc...) ??

BTW, I did find out a lot about the "mystery hole" per your instructions :p

Mike
 
To make sure, run the engine a minute or two and then look at the oil for water.
If it looks like a milkshake you have a problem.
 
Better yet, just lean the right side of the bike against a wall and pull the stator cover off.

You dont even need to take it all the way off, if it comes loose and water runs out, then take it off and dry the stator

The starter cover does not have a gasket, it does have the mystery hole, so get out your pipe cleaners and get that ungunked. Water that runs into the cavity below the cam chain tensioner should run under the starter and out the mystery hole. Make sure that happens before you put it back together. You'll have to take the starter out, which probably isn't a bad idea anyway.
 
there is a rubber gromit moulded to the stator wires and for the most part these never leak oil so they generaly wont leak water in. they do everyonce in a while leak and oil comes up and out that hole.

when changing stators it is very important to make sure that wiring pass through gromit is sealed good.
 
hikermikem said:
Today I pulled off the starter motor cover & there wasn't a gasket on it. The cavity wasn't full of water but is was quite wet. Again, I use my air gun to dry it out.

Then I stuck my air gun into the hole on the backside of the stator cover (see picture) and when I blew it out, water came out of it !!

I have yet to pull a stator cover off yet & I'm not really sure what's behind there.

My concern is, do I have a case full of water around the stator & such??

Please tell me I have nothing to worry about - thanks,

Mike
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There's no gasket on the starter cover, and a drain hole in the bottom of the cavity.
What worries me, is the next part about the hole on the stator side.
Like mentionned above, the stator cables are routed through a grommet making it watertight.
 
mcloud said:
There's no gasket on the starter cover, and a drain hole in the bottom of the cavity.
What worries me, is the next part about the hole on the stator side.
Like mentioned above, the stator cables are routed through a grommet making it watertight.
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there is a hole at the top, for some odd reason Suzuki put the grommet inside where a rib crosses the cover and that leaves a cavity at the top where the hole is. it is possible for water to collect in there, though engine heat would cook it out.
 
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