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Working on the XS and when I picked it up the PO (I've named Chewbacca) said its an old bike and it has leaks. Also with the Kerker he stated the oil filter may not have been changed recently. Being a long time fan of Japanese bikes I stereotype them as non-leakers so if its leaking probably something wrong. PO stated it had just had an oil change, new plugs, and a battery so I left the oil change for later.
The bottom of the bike was covered in oil so I took it to the car wash and hosed it off and I've been watching since. The CCT leaks like a sieve and I have 2 coming for this and my XJ
The bottom of the motor was getting covered again and all I could tell is it was coming from the oil filter.
Today was fluid day. Drained the oil and first discovery was no crush washer and a trail of oil back from the drain plug.
Dropped the filter housing and went to pull the filter and it literally disintegrated on the spot. Once in I found 2 cracks running from the housing bolt hole. Like everything else the housing cover was on Gorilla tight. Have another oil filter housing in my storage unit so need to grab that next trip out.
On a side note I finally got the oil filter housing off the XJ. I went to Sears and bought a set of 6 pt Metric sockets and drove the 12mm on over the rounded off bolt on the XJ and it came out. The 12pt sockets that I had just became a tool set to stay on the bike.
The bottom of the bike was covered in oil so I took it to the car wash and hosed it off and I've been watching since. The CCT leaks like a sieve and I have 2 coming for this and my XJ
The bottom of the motor was getting covered again and all I could tell is it was coming from the oil filter.
Today was fluid day. Drained the oil and first discovery was no crush washer and a trail of oil back from the drain plug.
Dropped the filter housing and went to pull the filter and it literally disintegrated on the spot. Once in I found 2 cracks running from the housing bolt hole. Like everything else the housing cover was on Gorilla tight. Have another oil filter housing in my storage unit so need to grab that next trip out.
On a side note I finally got the oil filter housing off the XJ. I went to Sears and bought a set of 6 pt Metric sockets and drove the 12mm on over the rounded off bolt on the XJ and it came out. The 12pt sockets that I had just became a tool set to stay on the bike.
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