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Everybody,
First off, thanks for all the help with my previous post which has somehow now mysteriously disappeared (so if this looks remarkably familiar, its not Deja Vu).
The bike is a 1980 GS 450L with about 9000 miles on it. It runs good when its running. I just rebuilt the carburetors, replaced the intake pipes, intake pipe o-rings and fuel and air hoses which fixed the high idle problem (probably an air leak). There still remains the separate problem of the oil leak coming from the left side of the bike in the area of the shifter. There is a lot of oil condensed around the bottom left side of the engine and it slowly drips from the area where the foot shifter connects to the gears onto the frame. Its been doing this since I bought the bike (six or eight months ago) but is getting much worse. At this point there is no oil in the crankcase. (BTW, any suggestions on good oil for an older low mileage bike?).
On the previous post, some suggested the leak was likely coming from the clutch pushrod seal or another seal in the area (I forgot which one). So if everybody who gave me the great info last time around, could post the same, I would be forever indebted. This time I'll print everybody's responses.
Thanks,
Noah
First off, thanks for all the help with my previous post which has somehow now mysteriously disappeared (so if this looks remarkably familiar, its not Deja Vu).
The bike is a 1980 GS 450L with about 9000 miles on it. It runs good when its running. I just rebuilt the carburetors, replaced the intake pipes, intake pipe o-rings and fuel and air hoses which fixed the high idle problem (probably an air leak). There still remains the separate problem of the oil leak coming from the left side of the bike in the area of the shifter. There is a lot of oil condensed around the bottom left side of the engine and it slowly drips from the area where the foot shifter connects to the gears onto the frame. Its been doing this since I bought the bike (six or eight months ago) but is getting much worse. At this point there is no oil in the crankcase. (BTW, any suggestions on good oil for an older low mileage bike?).
On the previous post, some suggested the leak was likely coming from the clutch pushrod seal or another seal in the area (I forgot which one). So if everybody who gave me the great info last time around, could post the same, I would be forever indebted. This time I'll print everybody's responses.
Thanks,
Noah
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