• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Austria - About 2014 & Newer
     FE = 4st Enduro & FC = 4st Cross

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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FE/FC 2014 FE 350 oil leak?

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firemansam

Husqvarna
A Class
Hi guys,

I purchased a 2014 FE 350 a few months ago. I have fallen in love with it. We went for a ride one Sunday for about 4 hours. 5 minutes from home we stopped to move a tree off the trail and all was fine. But between then and arriving home the bike seems to have developed an oil leak. I showed the dealer I purchased the bike from a photo but they didn't really seem overly concerned with helping me. Any ideas from here? image.jpg
 
Kind of odd... Were any bolts loose? I've had a slave cylinder do that but only after taking it off and reinstalling it.

I get some gummy oily grease that builds up under the gas tank sometimes from the vent line, could that be dripping? I've also heard some guys getting oil blown into the air filter and putting in 100cc less oil and fixed that.

Just hard to tell where its coming from by the pic.
 
Just my 2 cents. KTM uses a process to make non structural parts like engine covers lighter. Without going in too much detail it involves aerating the aluminium.
It also makes the cases develop pinholes sometimes, a lot of ADV1190 and Superdukes 1290 have this issue.
Inspect before you torque, as tightening the bolts sometimes makes it worse by opening the hole further. Wash and clean properly and have a good look. If it is a pin hole they replace under warranty.
Get a good mechanic to install it too as there have been cases where they just bolt it down and it cracks again. Follow the torque down procedure to the letter!

The holes normally appear round the holes for the bolts and mainly in the little corners.
 
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