I just bought a new bike, no leaks when I bought it. I figured I'd go ahead and change the oil and filter the week I got it. I couldn't find a good motorcycle oil (pure synth or synth blend) with a friction modifier so I went with castrol syntec gtx which was recommended on several sites. Now I'm leaking oil from the valve cover. The bike only has (an assumed) 6k on it so I figured a synthetic blend wouldn't cause too many problems. Will switching back to pure dino oil fix the issue or should I just replace the valve cover gasket and top it off again? Am I just being stupid and this is an unrelated coincidence? The oil that's leaking doesn't look fresh like what I put in, but old sludgey stuff that's already broken down.

11/4/2007 7:33:51 PM

its probably been leaking for a while and they just cleaned it off before you bought it, clean engines make me suspicious when i'm buying things

11/4/2007 7:45:27 PM

valve cover gaskets are easy 123 done.

dont run synthetic crap on that bike. i run dyno on all mine. never had a problem, i just change more frequently.

11/4/2007 7:59:50 PM

Yeah it's been leaking prob, pm me or slowblack and we will help you with it.

11/4/2007 8:09:28 PM

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"pm me or slowblack and we will help you with it. fuck it up"

fixed it for ya

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"valve cover gaskets are easy 123 done."

thats a bold damn statement not knowing what kind of bike it is

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11/4/2007 8:12:54 PM

^ ding!

11/4/2007 8:14:26 PM

I can think of three i've done recently which involve dropping the engine just to get the valve cover off

11/4/2007 8:31:04 PM

And the butt buddies post.

11/4/2007 9:19:20 PM