No sealant, just a few blobs of grease to hold it in place on the sump. I used Suzuki 1250 exh header. gaskets as they are much better quality and the same size.
No sealant, just a few blobs of grease to hold it in place on the sump. I used Suzuki 1250 exh header. gaskets as they are much better quality and the same size.
You mentioned the exhaust header gaskets, so I went back out into the garage and took a look. I didn't even know they existed because my bike doesn't appear to have any. There were none on the headers and I checked the exhaust ports and no sign of them there either. This is the first time my headers have been removed also. Weird.
I believe he was saying that instead of using "blobs of grease" on the sump, he used a single, old header gasket from SOME OTHER BIKE as an alternative. It wasn't about C14 headers. Of course, perhaps I misread it...
Uh-oh, one of us misread, that's for sure. Hopefully @Freddy can clear this up.
A few blobs of grease to hold oil pan/sump gasket in place while lifting pan into place.
The Kaw header gaskets are a a thin copper covered ring which are poor quality IMO, but they are probably covered in soot and still in the exh ports and will need to be 'hooked' out. Suzuki 1200/1250 exh rings are the same size and much more robust and seal better. Chech ebay for them.
I guess it was me! Thankfully, too, since it didn't make much sense to me
A fellow rider down here has just discovered that his annoying oil leak is from the oil pressure switch - check that out.
JB Weld should fix that.
LOL, I was thinking the same thingDitto. I read that and thought “JB weld that Schmidt!”
Ditto. I read that and thought “JB weld that Schmidt!”
Quite possibly/probably will work, but then having a less exposed drain plug wouldn't be gained (assuming that the replacement is the updated one.)
That would be an excellent reason.