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Are you sure it's not coming from the dipstick? Mine seems to leak a little from there every now and then even though the gasket looks fine.
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I have a small leak on mine -- appears to be the base gasket. I'm not motivated to change it just for a small leak, so I just watch the level. If it isn't leaking substantially, don't sweat it -- enjoy the ride!
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I'd say the base gasket is more likely the culprit than the top of the side cover, although the pressure inside does increase a little when the engine's hot, which could in theory contribute to a side leak. :dunno_white:
i understand how you feel. i have been having carb/fuel problems that have left me stranded twice. to make matter worse i crashed her today. stuff like that can get you down but it is part of the sport i guess. live and learn but most of all keep your head up :)
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Check the little rubber plug on the back of the cam chain tensioner.
And, check your oil level.
As far as the surging, you may want to check for a loose or broken wire. I had the one at the negative terminal break on me last summer. IIRC, I noticed some surging on my ride into work, maybe even the day before, then on the way home it got real bad and died on the highway. I thought I had run it out of oil or something at the time
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You running lunch box filter right ??? where is the engine vent hose going ??
Cool.
Srinath.
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On a savage ... the oil galley to the head goes through that gasket. On a GS ... nothing ... so you're just unlucky. Gasket gave up I guess.
Cool.
Srinath.
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Glad you found the leak. When I first looked at the photo, I thought that was a crack in the aluminum casting -- THAT would suck! I wonder why the gasket is so much wider than the lip of the casting?
I'm still going to let my base gasket leak seep until it's losing more oil than I can keep up with, or until I have to freshen up the engine. I'm glad this one is a little easier to get to.
Wrecent,
I have that exact same leak on my 96. For the longest time I thought it was my dipstick gasket.
Jake
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I would give thought to replacing all of those 6mm bolts -- they're definitely stretched from the over-torque and you're asking for one of them to break by torquing them again, even to the lesser spec.
If you think it sucked taking it apart a second time, wait for the THIRD! :laugh: :o :laugh:
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MEAT FIST!!!
I didn't even use my torque wrench... I decided that I'd just put my hand right over the top of the socket and crank until I thought it was pretty tight... Then LEAVE IT ALONE! I've broken so many damn bolts... And my torque wrench doesn't go low enough to be accurate at those low torque settings... I totally lucked out and didn't break anything... And no leak (But it was also the other side, not the clutch cover).
I totally feel your pain... Getting that gasket off is a total motherf%$kingc%$ksuckingb!tchwhore... Then the worry that it won't be tight enough and leak or WORSE, come loose.......... :icon_confused: :cry: ???