kaw12
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posted October 28, 2007 08:51 AM
still leaking
i changed the valve cover gasket and its still leaking! arg... front left corner!
  
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1adam12
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posted October 28, 2007 11:13 AM
silicone in 2!
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aliveagain
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posted October 28, 2007 12:32 PM
cam sensor?
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kaw12
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posted October 28, 2007 02:50 PM
i used copper gasket adhesive. its still just leaking a little on the left- front of the valve cover. i think i seen where crotchrocket said he replaced like 3 times and it still leaked a little i guess cuz the synthetic oil and no drip hole on that side of the engine where it leans when its on the sidestand. i mean its not even bad enough to worry about. i just thought maybe someone besides crotchrocket had the same issue. thanks
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kaw12
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posted October 28, 2007 04:40 PM
aliveagain--maybe it is the cam sensor
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KZScott
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posted October 28, 2007 06:56 PM
mine leaks a bit too. im going to silicone it when i check the valves...but thats the least of my problems with the bike for now lol
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tuusinii
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posted October 31, 2007 05:33 AM
Silicone the cam sensor - that cured mine.
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lgm118icbm
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posted October 31, 2007 05:50 AM
Yea mine does it too, but its never been bad enough to dig into fixing it. I did order new gaskets that I will put in when I check the valves in a few thousand more miles.
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dougmeyer
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posted November 06, 2007 11:15 AM
There is NEVER any need to use any goo or RTV on a rubber cam cover gasket. If you have a leak you have something NOT RIGHT.
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entropy
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posted November 06, 2007 01:12 PM
i'm with Doug.
I stopped putting goo anywhere on my valve cover gasket a year or more ago (10 teardowns ago) no leaks.
Start w/a nice new gasket, oil it up, tq the 7? lil bolts, reuse, and reuse.
why 10 builds in a year?
EXPERIMENTS!
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