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Never thought I would be so happy to have an oil leak....but as it turns out it's leaking on the front left, which is indicative of a valve cover gasket. It's a warranty repair, and it's within 1000 mile of the valve check I was planning on finally doing at 25K miles. SO, Kawasaki will cover all the labor except the 1-2 hours to pull the cams and switch any shims. Throw in the throttle body sync, spark plugs, and air filter. Looks to be about $200 bucks to have a valve check done. AWESOME!!
Unfortunately I leave for the a weekend of riding in WVA on Friday and the gasket won't be in till probably Thursday. Hoping the gasket does not totally blow out while on the road.
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Cam sensor oring IMHO, not the valve cover gasket.
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Cam sensor oring IMHO, not the valve cover gasket.
Are valve cover leaks worse? What needs to be done to get to the cam sensor o-ring? It's not dripping, nothing on the ground, just some on the coolant bottle and hose from the bottle and some had blown out onto the paint where the fins are.
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Cam sensor tends to drip a single drop or 2 directly down onto the # 2 header pipe.
leaking that is truely on the side of the engine may actually be cover gasket.
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Cam sensor tends to drip a single drop or 2 directly down onto the # 2 header pipe.
Ah, that's good to know. This is leaking further left than the header pipes, so i think it's the valve gasket.
leaking that is truely on the side of the engine may actually be cover gasket.