Re: Oilhead Being A Oilhead

["A guy wasting time in Marin" <teamkbasa@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Look carefully, Jim.  Is it the head gasket?  How many miles on your bike?

Our RS needed head gaskets at about 55K.  It was a mess and it was kind of
tricky to figure out where the oil was actually coming from.  I did both of
the gaskets while I was at it.  Today, the RS is getting an oil pressure
sender.  It's started leaking from its face.  I sprayed the engine cases
with some engine cleaner and then watched to see where the leak developed
from.

Both of those issues made the whole left side of the bike pretty messy.

dave
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From: "low rider" <easybmwrider@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "IBMW MC" <bmwmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "BMW Oilheads" <oilheads@xxxxxxxxx>; "Brian Curry"
<bmwbrian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 4:47 AM
Subject: BMW: Oilhead Being A Oilhead


>
> What last summer was just an annoying glistening on the toe of my
> left boot is now a large enough leak that it is leaving tracks on the
> car-port floor as well as covering the bottom of the cat.  As best as
> I can trace out it is the junction of the cylinder and the block.
>
> My question is: Are there any bobby-traps I need to be aware of or is
> the replacement of the gasket as straight forward as my Clymers shows
> it to be.
>
> And "Yes" I checked the FAQ's but was unable to locate anything
> pertaining to this.
>
> BTW I am copying Brian Curry as the list master seems to think I have
> been invaded by the dreaded "8-bit" monster.  Consequently this may
> come to you through Brian.  TIA
>
> =====
> Jim"low rider"King - Hickory, NC
> '86 K75 - "Tweety Bird"  (named by my lovely grand-daughter, thank you!)
> '96 R1100GS  - Sam Too
> We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old BECAUSE we stop
playing.        Never be the first to grow old!
> LPR#58  OBIWAN #37
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