Oil filter cover leaking oil after change. :/

[jonathanhly]

I just changed the oil and filter. I used a napa filter, and reused the old gasket. It was pliable, and soft, so I didn't even remove it.
Well not I have a slow pooling leak from the cover, out of the gasket surface. I ran the bike for 5 minutes or so at varying rpm to burn off a little oil on the pipes, and in that time enough oil leaked from the cover to produce one drop, and then probably a few more when I turned it off.

Anyways, I know that the bolts we thread the cap nuts onto strop very easily. I have all three nuts torqued to 120 inch lbs, which is twice what one of the videos I watched said to torque them too!

So I'm thinking of draining the oil into a brand new and clean plastic container, pulling the cover, swapping the gasket with the new one from napa, and replacing the oil.

Sound like the correct path?

[twocool]

You may have over torqued the nuts!!! Tighter is not always better..worse case you stripped out a stud...

maybe only the o ring got rolled around or pulled out of its track......

I've done regular oil changes on my GS.....30,000 miles and never changed the o ring (have a couple in stock if needed)

Cookie

I just changed the oil and filter. I used a napa filter, and reused the old gasket. It was pliable, and soft, so I didn't even remove it.
Well not I have a slow pooling leak from the cover, out of the gasket surface. I ran the bike for 5 minutes or so at varying rpm to burn off a little oil on the pipes, and in that time enough oil leaked from the cover to produce one drop, and then probably a few more when I turned it off.

Anyways, I know that the bolts we thread the cap nuts onto strop very easily. I have all three nuts torqued to 120 inch lbs, which is twice what one of the videos I watched said to torque them too!

So I'm thinking of draining the oil into a brand new and clean plastic container, pulling the cover, swapping the gasket with the new one from napa, and replacing the oil.

Sound like the correct path?

[weedahoe]

Yeah, Ive had the 0-ring slip out of place on me before too.

[gsJack]

No need to drain the oil, just remove the oil filter cover and replace the gasket without engine running of course.  You will loose very little oil, level can be topped up if necessary.

Put a heavy coating of grease on the new o-ring to stick it in the groove so you don't get another leaker.  The squeeze on the o-ring type seal is determined by the seal thickness and the groove depth and once it's snugged down metal to metal nothing is gained by tightening it more so stop overtightening before you break a stud.