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  • Caferacernoc
    • Jan 2026

    #1

    Oil leak help.....

    So this is happening. Likely culprit?
    Thanks.
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  • tkent02
    Forum LongTimer
    Past Site Supporter
    • Jan 2006
    • 35571
    • Near South Park

    #2
    Gasket......
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    Life is too short to ride an L.

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    • Caferacernoc

      #3
      Yah, ha ha. ;-) Which one?

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      • JEEPRUSTY

        #4
        haf moon thing at the end of the cam under the chrome circle

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        • cowboyup3371
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          • Apr 2010
          • 13996
          • In Ohio Now

          #5
          half moon or valve cover - both of which will need to be looked at and replaced at your next valve adjustment.
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          • Caferacernoc

            #6
            Thanks everybody. I'll start there.

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            • Brendan W
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              • Jul 2013
              • 4914
              • Wexford, Ireland

              #7
              A little RTV works well sealing those half moons - temporarily of course
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              • Triam

                #8
                They're cheap. Just buy new ones.

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                • JTGS850GL
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                  Past Site Supporter
                  • Aug 2013
                  • 9735
                  • GA

                  #9
                  Sounds like a great opportunity to do your valves. To replace the half moons you may very well destroy the valve cover gasket. Go ahead and pickup up both the moons and the VC gasket while doing the valves and you'll kill three birds with one stone.

                  If you don't need the valve cover gasket this time, then you'll have one as a spare when the current one becomes useless.
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                  1982 GS850GLZ (Daily rider when the weather is crap)

                  Darn, with so many daily riders it's hard to decide which one to jump on next.;)

                  JTGS850GL aka Julius

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                  • Guest

                    #10
                    What they said.

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