oil leaking i think
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well it is but it isnt over time i have seen alot of bikes do this but i do not believe if the bike is freshly rebuilt will leak already
Two stroke splooge, from what I have been told. Is it the black stuff or good clean oil?
Oh sure, you give him the good advice, like clean both surfaces really well so the gasket stays clean....you just tell me to slap some high temp RTV on there. LOL.
I have refined my exhaust flange gasket installation procedure
So EZrider, you should clean your surface too
Ahhhhh, took a QC hit and rewrote the procedure...you must work for a TS Quality Assurance company.
Roger Roger on the surface cleaning, I would've done it, just because I'm persnickety like that. 8-|
I checked the tube of Red RTV, dunno what the heat range is
I still have the packaging, it's easier to hang up and keep in plain sight, otherwise I'll use it. I'll check tomorrow and let ya know. That stuff doesn't like fuel though. A little squeezed out into my reed cage (which was saturated with fuel when I checked it tonight) when I put my new intake flange on, it stayed pretty gooey....or at least it felt like it.
yea fuel can mess with it, maybe that wouldn't work so well, gasket might be better
Your all right. Clean Both surface ,new gasket, some copper exhaust RTV gasket maker.
ohhhhh the copper stuffs, good thinking I:I
Is that like a paste or is it a spray?
Grab some before the price of copper goes up again. 8-|
Seriously, it should have too much of an effect on the cost, runs about the same as the Hi Temp Red stuff.
If the pipe was put on a little crooked and the bolts tightened up unevenly, even a new gasket will leak.
Push the pipe in firmly, tighten up both bolts the same until they are just over finger tight.
Wiggle the pipe well to make it is seating correctly and nip up the bolts some more.
Continue wiggling and nipping until the pipe no longer moves.
Tighten the bolts evenly to the correct specs, chances it will never leak.
