Leaks, leaks and more leaks

--Steve... Thank you!
--Patton...thanks for the diagrams. I have to get a new battery for my meter, so tomorrow I am going to spec everything out. Plugs are new(er), but first just for the heck of it I will swap plugs on two sides and see if it makes a difference. The bike also has a new (PO) Dyna S module in it. The left coil I have connected to 1 and four, and the right coil to two and three.

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SWest wrote: Smear a light coat of silicon on the gasket and threads of the bolt. Yes, there is oil in there.I get my gaskets here.

Steve

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DON"T EVEN THINK ABOUT USING SILICON ON THE BOLT THREADS!

Keep that silicone crap out of your motor. I see this all the time when I tear down engines. There isn't a single bolt in that engine that requires any silicone.

Replace the seal and gasket. Get a tube of Permatex Moto Seal and apply a thin coat to the gasket on both sides. Moto Seal is similar to to OEM case sealer but costs much less. I've been using it for several years.

Get a tube of Permatex Moto Seal and apply a thin coat to the gasket on both sides. Moto Seal is similar to to OEM case sealer but costs much less

Is Moto Seal similar to Kawabond 5 (black) or 4 (silver)? I prefer 5. I believe "5" is the non-hardening. I always have to special order it and the stuff is expensive (still cheaper than fixing an oil leak though). Yamaha's 4 stroke YZ engines use no gasket between the center cases, just a thin coat of Yamabond 5 (same as Kawabond). I rebuilt several YZ bottom ends when my son was racing and never had a leaker.

As Larry C said, no silicon liquid gasket.
I use Hylomar® M on engines,easy to clean and it does not harden.

hylomar.com/hylomar-product-range/gasket...ounds/#universalblue

Used at last on a MERCEDES EATON M45 compressor i have overhauling for a friend,(no gasket housing).
(be warned if you do some maintenance, the old oil in the compressor smells like ape shit).

Michael

Okay... I am actually scared because you know what ape shit smells like

Every time I work on this bike, more questions pop up... I hope that stops after a while

Syncing the carbs again today, and now I have a 2K idle with the idle adjust screwed all the way out.... what did I miss?

Also, I did a compression check when I first got the bike, but after I had squirted some oil in the cylinders (bike sat for a while) knowing that the numbers I got would be a little high (190, 195, 210, 210) I rechecked just #1 and #4 after the sync, and got 175 on number one and 180 on number four. So number one went down 15 psi, and number four went down thirty psi. I do not think I am overly concerned with the big drop on four, as the numbers are still respectable, and the only reason I mention it is the bike smokes a little when I roll the throttle hard, could just be residual oil and/or having sat for a while?

Thanks!
Skip

Skiprrdog wrote: --Steve... Thank you!
--Patton...thanks for the diagrams. I have to get a new battery for my meter, so tomorrow I am going to spec everything out. Plugs are new(er), but first just for the heck of it I will swap plugs on two sides and see if it makes a difference. The bike also has a new (PO) Dyna S module in it. The left coil I have connected to 1 and four, and the right coil to two and three.

Those would be resistor caps on the end of your plug wires, and likely copper-core wires. Wouldn't hurt to check each one for tightness...they are just screwed on the wire ends.
What make and number are printed on the spark plugs?