I've had a couple of leaking tanks........one from corrosion at the bottom side, and another leak from the rear weld joint were the T 29 screws into on the right rear........not easy things to fix given the oil saturated area.
Misc: Oil Oil leak from UFM
- Thread starter chark_mandler
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So long as I cannot see the bar in the tank on my road bike I dont top up the tank I certainly dont do it if she has sat in the garage for a day or so. you need to be sure the sump hasent filled up
incidentally if you have a twin start oil pump and you ride hard oil will get out of the cap. Ben on the Goodwood racer always had sligt weeping even with a shield inside, this breather was the only solution (JE front end stems are oil tight
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incidentally if you have a twin start oil pump and you ride hard oil will get out of the cap. Ben on the Goodwood racer always had sligt weeping even with a shield inside, this breather was the only solution (JE front end stems are oil tight
) (JE front end stems are oil tight )
Only when the hydraulic steering damper is fitted.
)Only when the hydraulic steering damper is fitted.
Drained oil down but no bar in UFM (Dad thinks it might be a 'B' UFM), I've a spare and that does have a bar so used that as reference. I did have the oil level way to high. All nice and oil tight after 30 miles.
Oil change now.
Oil change now.
I would like to say that I don`t know somebody with a dry sump engine who has never overfilled the tank ! I did that with my Commando ,Bonneville and of course with my Comet! The advantage of the Vincent design is that all the oil will flow over the whole engine.On the Triumph you detect it on the oil inframe modells when you open the filler plug ,Surprise.On the Commando the oil escapes through the ventilation of the tank .Erik