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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Oil leak from front cylinder head/barrel
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<blockquote data-quote="tatty500" data-source="post: 26524" data-attributes="member: 2532"><p><strong>Tatty500</strong></p><p></p><p>Danno?</p><p>No one has stated the obvious....unles I missed it.</p><p>The only real seal at the head-barrel joint is on the top of the liner. There is not necessarily a real seal between the aluminium top of the barrel and the head.</p><p>Oil can come up round a headstud from the crankcase and come out at the joint.</p><p>Also, like on my old B, the barrel casting can be pourous. Mine oozes oil about three fins down from the joint. I don't know if it gets there round the liner or up the front left stud.</p><p>Finally, the thread in the deep headnuts ET56 is often half a thread too shallow. This can cause the nut to bind on the thread just at the point of actually pulling the head down. This can be diagnosed by trying tio undo the head nut and noticing if it rotates easily on its washer ET152 as the stud twists anticlockwise and before the nut is obvously being undone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tatty500, post: 26524, member: 2532"] [b]Tatty500[/b] Danno? No one has stated the obvious....unles I missed it. The only real seal at the head-barrel joint is on the top of the liner. There is not necessarily a real seal between the aluminium top of the barrel and the head. Oil can come up round a headstud from the crankcase and come out at the joint. Also, like on my old B, the barrel casting can be pourous. Mine oozes oil about three fins down from the joint. I don't know if it gets there round the liner or up the front left stud. Finally, the thread in the deep headnuts ET56 is often half a thread too shallow. This can cause the nut to bind on the thread just at the point of actually pulling the head down. This can be diagnosed by trying tio undo the head nut and noticing if it rotates easily on its washer ET152 as the stud twists anticlockwise and before the nut is obvously being undone. [/QUOTE]
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