Oil leak yuck!!! What can I do?

[Anonymous]

I have an oil leak. I'm almost certain well I am certain its coming from the oil sending unit is there a quick fix for this? I was going to wait till the next oil change and take the sending unit out clean thing up then put some gasket sealer on it. Will this approach work? Has anyone had this same problem before. My bike is an 82 GS650glz oil sending unit is on left side under the exhaust pipe. when it leaks it runs down the kick stand. Not much oil loss to speak of but sure makes a mess unless I remember to put cardboard under the kick stand. Thanks in advance for you advice.

Matt

[earlfor]

Re: Oil leak yuck!!! What can I do?

The simplest and cheapest thing to do may be to just wrap the threads on the sending unit with teflon tape and put it back in.

Earl

I have an oil leak. I'm almost certain well I am certain its coming from the oil sending unit is there a quick fix for this? I was going to wait till the next oil change and take the sending unit out clean thing up then put some gasket sealer on it. Will this approach work? Has anyone had this same problem before. My bike is an 82 GS650glz oil sending unit is on left side under the exhaust pipe. when it leaks it runs down the kick stand. Not much oil loss to speak of but sure makes a mess unless I remember to put cardboard under the kick stand. Thanks in advance for you advice.

Matt

[Billy Ricks]

Earl has exactly the right idea.

[Anonymous]

earl is the man

[SqDancerLynn1]

You need to check and see if it indeed leaking from the threads or from the sending unit housing itself.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes the oil in that area is coming from the auto chain adjuster also.

[HiSPL]

Scotty's right, check the Cam Chain Adjuster also.... Mines leaking like a sieve right now :?

[Anonymous]

Scotty's right, check the Cam Chain Adjuster also.... Mines leaking like a sieve right now :?

If that happens to be the trtouble. One of the gang found that a metric o ring can be purchased from some hardware stores instead of paying a rediculous price at the Suzuki dealer. I dont know who it was and didn't take the information down. I wish i did. Mine leaks also.

[Mobetter]

Think Scotty think!
My cam chain tensioner is pouring oil
and it wells up in the starter housing and pours
out the drain hole in the bottom.
It's making a mess.
I know there was a previous thread about converting
them to a manual adjuster.
Would this conversion stop the leaking?
Does anyone know?

Peace
Mo

[Anonymous]

I'm sure of exactly where it coming from and I'm pretty sure its the oil sending unit(has wires coming out of a sealed piece, but the unit I'm refering to has two screws holding it in the oil pan?bottom of engine case? No oil above this unit anywhere so must becoming from around this item. Is this the oil sending unit its just forward of the foot peg on that side and bleow the covers on the lower cranckcase area of the engine.

[Anonymous]

Think Scotty think!
My cam chain tensioner is pouring oil
and it wells up in the starter housing and pours
out the drain hole in the bottom.
It's making a mess.
I know there was a previous thread about converting
them to a manual adjuster.
Would this conversion stop the leaking?
Does anyone know?

Peace
Mo

Mine is converted to manual and it has nothing to do with the leaking. If i remember correctly, there is a worn O ring or 2 that cause the leaking.

[Anonymous]

I'm sure of exactly where it coming from and I'm pretty sure its the oil sending unit(has wires coming out of a sealed piece, but the unit I'm refering to has two screws holding it in the oil pan?bottom of engine case? No oil above this unit anywhere so must becoming from around this item. Is this the oil sending unit its just forward of the foot peg on that side and bleow the covers on the lower cranckcase area of the engine.

Mi sender leaks also but none of the leaks are so bad. ill bet that a gasket ot o ring can be easily gotten. Lots of other folks have had that problem and repaired. Im sure someone will tell you the proceedure.

[SqDancerLynn1]

The oil sending unit should be behind the #3 cylinder on the top side
Underneith my guess is that it is the gear position indicator. probably
just a bad O ring/ gasket

[Billy Ricks]

Matt,
Are you sure you aren't looking at the sidestand indicator light switch? It looks like it is part of the motor but it's not. The wires for it run up inside the countershaft sprocket cover. You may have a leak inside the cover and the oil is just following the wires to the sidestand switch. If that's the case the leak is probably coming from the seal for the clutch pushrod. SqDancer is right about the oil sending unit being on top of the crankcase. On my bike there is also an oil temperature sensor under the cover for the ignition signal generators.

[Anonymous]

Billy the clutch pushrod seal that would mean that the oil leaking would be gear oil and would be black and much thicker and tackyer than engine oil right? That explains the black oil so what am I into to replace that seal and while I'm at it I'll need to drain all drive train gear oil and would like to know if you have the info what the capacity is for my 1982 GS 650 Glz.