Hey guys, Had a fun turn of events on the last ride; came around a corner and had the rear wheel go all squirrley on me. Pull over to see what's going on, and the rear tire was covered in oil! I think I've traced it back to the valve cover vent having vibrated loose from the air box, but it looks like a lot of oil has come out. Is this a symptom of overfilling, or have I broken something else? Thanks!
Boy, that's a lot of oil loss! Had you recently changed the oil? It's easy to overfill these bikes, they have to stand vertical for a couple minutes before the sight glass rises to the true level. .
Yeah, a day or two before the ride. If it was overfilled, would the excess oil come out through the valve train breather vent?
Did you drop the bike at all-a right hand side put down will often be followed with an oil leak. Note oil leaks always look like a lot more oil has flowed out than what has actually happened. That said and supposing you did not lay it down I would not just assume an over filled oil situation.
I overfilled my DRZ400 and it blew oil out of the crankcase breather and into the airbox, which drains back by the swingarm. It was MESSY! looked iike someone hosed the back half of my bike with oil.
