Uh oh.

[thatdood]

So,

My "new" GS750 has a few oil leaks. And so today, I decided to find out exactly where they are. So I take some engine degreaser and clean the engine as well as I can, cranked it up, and let it run for about 10 minutes. The first leak I saw was on the oil filter cover. No problem, I can fix that. The next one I saw was on the seal around the oil pan. Once again, I can handle it.

But then I saw oil dripping from the far left-hand exhaust pipe, off of that flower-looking manifold that exits from the head. Sorry to call it a flower-looking manifold, but I don't know what it's actually called yet. My manual's in the mail.

In addition, the far right-hand exhaust pipe was releasing a little smoke from the same place.

I talked to my dad, and he said, "Sounds like your going to have to take the head off, bore out the cylinders, replace the piston, rods, and piston rings, because it sounds like you have bad rings on your pistons and oil is blowing by and being burned." My response, "Oh, sh*t."

Now, I haven't taken the plugs out yet to check them for sogginess, but I haven't seen ANY blue smoke coming out of the pipes.

But the engine did misfire a couple times. *shakes head*

So, can someone please tell me what I need to worry about, because I am now officially worried.

thatdood

[chef1366]

If you were burning oil in your cylinders you would be smoking out your exhaust pipe and have oil residue on your spark plugs.

[Can_O_Tuna]

you sure you dot have a valve cover leak from above the "flower"?

[Rick]

Oil Oil everwhere!!

Relax...If it was leaking from "The head" it would be streaming down below the exaust...trace up that particular pipe & I think you'll find it coming from the valve-cover gasket area.
Perhaps ten minutes of running is too much time...this time, clean it up & run it just until you see the source...remember oil travels downhill so start from where you see it & go up from there.
___________________________________________Rick... ........