RaWarrior
Well-Known Member
My '97 incessantly leaks oil from the stator cover. I've had the cover off and on again three times purely trying to correct a nagging drip. This last time I removed both covers and spent probably 2 hours meticilously cleaning ALL the residue off both the cover and engine faces. The stator and trigger wire gaskets looked OK(didn't look like the oil had been coming from there), but I pulled them, cleaned off the oil, and used a bit of silicone around the edges to be sure. Used a light smear of vaseline to hold the gasket perfectly in place, put them on and tightened in an alternating corner pattern. Added fresh oil, took it for a ride today. After like 2 hours we stopped, came back out and there were like 2 drips right under it. :bang head: WTF! That same nagging drip that makes the garage look like a Harley lives there.
What else can I do? It's next to impossible to figure out exactly where it's leaking from since the oil gets blown all over the place from wind, and if you park it and wipe it down, it doesn't leak. Only leaks during riding. Previously I've tried using a fresh gasket and black RTV and got a similar result. Last summer I tried no gasket and only RTV, which was leak free for a couple months, but started leaking this spring.
The only thing I can think of is using some of that "perfect seal" gunk...seen it used at work for marine applications...looks like caramel, smells bad, really sticky, and never really dries. Heard the Mercury branded stuff was the same as "POB #4" from one of the techs. I've looked at a couple auto/hardware stores and can't find it. Anybody tried this stuff or know where to get it?
What else can I do? It's next to impossible to figure out exactly where it's leaking from since the oil gets blown all over the place from wind, and if you park it and wipe it down, it doesn't leak. Only leaks during riding. Previously I've tried using a fresh gasket and black RTV and got a similar result. Last summer I tried no gasket and only RTV, which was leak free for a couple months, but started leaking this spring.
The only thing I can think of is using some of that "perfect seal" gunk...seen it used at work for marine applications...looks like caramel, smells bad, really sticky, and never really dries. Heard the Mercury branded stuff was the same as "POB #4" from one of the techs. I've looked at a couple auto/hardware stores and can't find it. Anybody tried this stuff or know where to get it?