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    #1

    There's a hole in the engine, dear Liza, dear Liza.

    An oil leak suddenly appeared in my '79 GS1000E, and I promptly (well, prompt for a tree) opened up the cover over the drive sprocket to see what the matter was. I found my sprocket's nut missing, but the spacer and washer were lying in the bottom of the cover. I figured it wouldn't hurt to replace the nut, and I found one at the Ace hardware (fine thread M20) for a buck forty. I had hoped that this would fix the leak, but apparently not.

    So, I cleaned up the area behind the cover, and found this.

    Question: why is there a hole in my crankcase with oil gushing out of it?

    Question 2: does something belong in this hole? If so, what?

    I was all ready to rebuild the engine before I saw that all of the oil was coming out of this hole. Maybe it's a minor thing. Or maybe nothing goes in this hole, and the problem is on the other side of the crankcase wall. What do you guys think?
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    #2
    That is a drain for your starter cavity. It is supposed to be there and is not supposed to be plugged. your starter seal, cam tensioner could be leaking. cyl. base gasket. http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=131694
    Last edited by Guest; 07-19-2009, 08:14 PM.

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      #3
      Search for starter oring Burp! (excuse me...)
      such as... http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...398#post837398
      De-stinking Penelope http://thegsresources.com/_forum/sho...d.php?t=179245

      http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...35#post1625535

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        #4
        Originally posted by asetech View Post
        That is a drain for your starter cavity. It is supposed to be there and is not supposed to be plugged. your starter seal, cam tensioner could be leaking. cyl. base gasket. http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=131694
        Oh jeez. I should've known that. I constantly worry about the gas dribbling into my starter well. (I DID change the needle valves and seats!) Allright, I'll pull the starter cover.
        Last edited by Guest; 07-19-2009, 08:44 PM.

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          #5
          I must have missed something somewhere.

          I clicked on his "this" link and got an index to 23 Picassa albums, none of which apparently contained anything about a hole in a motorcycle engine.

          True, I only opened one of them, it was the only one with a motorcycle on the cover, but it did not show any holes.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Steve View Post
            I must have missed something somewhere.

            I clicked on his "this" link and got an index to 23 Picassa albums, none of which apparently contained anything about a hole in a motorcycle engine.

            True, I only opened one of them, it was the only one with a motorcycle on the cover, but it did not show any holes.

            .
            Same here

            Burp, how about using copy and paste to give us some real photos???
            1978 GS 1000 (since new)
            1979 GS 1000 (The Fridge, superbike replica project)
            1978 GS 1000 (parts)
            1981 GS 850 (anyone want a project?)
            1981 GPZ 550 (backroad screamer)
            1970 450 Mk IIID (THUMP!)
            2007 DRz 400S
            1999 ATK 490ES
            1994 DR 350SES

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              #7
              could it be the fuel mixing with dirt,grime,and sludge dripping out?
              81 gs 1100 E One owner,Me.

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                #8
                my bad ,your first post said Gushing oil.
                81 gs 1100 E One owner,Me.

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                  #9
                  god I love mystery hole stories

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                    #10
                    [QUOTE=Steve;1051370I clicked on his "this" link...none of...a hole in a motorcycle engine.

                    .[/QUOTE]
                    That's odd. Works for me. I just marked the album 'public'. That should help. I thought having a link would get you into an 'unlisted' album, but maybe not.

                    [IMG]file:///tmp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG]

                    [edit] the forum's not letting me paste photos into my reply. Can somebody see if correcting the 'unlisted' thing worked?
                    Last edited by Guest; 07-19-2009, 10:04 PM.

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                      #11
                      Unless I can't see it, you need to bend the washer on the sproket over the nut after it's good and tight. That will prevent it coming off again.
                      85 GS1150E May '06 BOM
                      79 GS1000S Wes Cooley Beast





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                        #12
                        Originally posted by renobruce View Post
                        Unless I can't see it, you need to bend the washer on the sproket over the nut after it's good and tight. That will prevent it coming off again.
                        Ah. Of course. Thank you.

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                          #13
                          BIKE PORN... The Administrator must have removed it for haveing your finger in the hole.
                          81 gs 1100 E One owner,Me.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by yank View Post
                            BIKE PORN... The Administrator must have removed it for haveing your finger in the hole.
                            That rascally prude of an admin!

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