leak

Like the title says.. just bought this 97 33k .. looks great and runs pretty good.. but have oil , looks like coming from the head around the spark plug and running down the side of the motor.. . YEAH and now been putting some miles on it and went to pass a car in 3rd and rpm's jumped (its hard...

Talking about oil leaks i got a leak for a while that i could not find the origin even though i looked and looked. I started by seeing a puddle of yellowish oil underneath the clutch cover. I started by checking the engine and it was surprisingly dry. The damp parts were the swingarm on the...

Went in the garage and found a spurt of a green oily substance near the front wheel. It's probably a newbie question, but I can't really find where the leak is coming from. Any ideas?

First post here on the forum, I'm sure someone can help me out here. I have an oil leak coming from somewhere I believe to be behind the middle gear case cover, in the area of the clutch release cylinder. Any thoughts on what it could possibly be and is there a gasket I will need to replace...

I need some troubleshooting advice or ideas... At times I need to need to bleed my clutch. I use a mity-vac and sometimes it will last for weeks and other times only a ride or two before needing re-bled. I've replaced the slave cylinder and cleaned up the masters top edge...it looks fine so I...

Anyone ever have a leak at the big brass plug at the fuel inlet to the carb?

I am just informing you that it was the exhaust leak that made the motorcycle very difficult to tune and sync the carbs. I am going to go after the leaks tomorrow, also I might need a somebody to suggest what could I use to seal the conection between the header pipes and the exhaust pipes (...

As I've read this is very common to these bikes. With mine it can start as slow as 160km/h although usually starts around 180km/h. For my bike I find that if I push against the bars I can get around it happening. I must keep pressure on them whether accelerating or decelerating till I get below...

My oil leak has been narrowed down to this small pin underneath the oil gallery plug. I did a temp repair with a glob of Yamabond yesterday to confirm. After a 120 mile ride it was dry. On Sean's great advise, I'll be removing the pin the factory put in there. Then pipe tap and pipe plug the...

Different question..I have an extra final drive and put some oil in it. When I look directly into the shaft drive coupling area, I see oil weeping out of one of the two small holes (180 degrees apart) in the bottom of the coupling. I think the same thing is happening with the final drive...

Any thoughts here, I think my vmax is leaking engine oil out of the clutch push rod. I also noticed my 85 motor does not seem to have a place for a seal (around the clutch pushrod that goes into the engine) unlike like my 86 motor. Was this a design change. Thank you

Hi all, about a month ago I went to fire up my vmax (had been sitting since last summer when I ruptured my achilles) and it started leaking fuel from the fuel pump - it looks like the plastic housing has deteriorated. This is actually the 2nd time it's happened, the first time as a result of...

Okay I need lots of ideas on the the fastest cheapest easiest way to fix an oil leak arond the trans shift shaft.

Hello guys, It's hard for me to properly describe the issue but i'll try: when the engine is cold and i'm starting it - while warming it with but also without using the choke i'm getting some kind of "back-back-fires" an air/fuel mixture trying to explode out from the carbs up threw the...

I have a little bit of oil leaking from the front cylinder's head cover gasket (both sides, just the front of the gasket nearest front tire). As seen in the attachment, right at the #28 and again on the opposite side of the engine. Initial speculation from dealer is $400 to replace gasket. Do...

so i replaced my valve cover gaskets and put the carbs back on and everything seemed to be fin until this morning when gas started to run out of a port in the carb (top side) and out of another pipe which i dont know what it does. Can anyone give me a sense of what direction on what to do...

Ok I have read just about all the post on the overheating dilemma. From adding a manual switch to no thermostat. Here is what i did. I did notice the temp would almost reach the red line before the fan kicked on. I went and bought the Yamaha coolant @ $7 a quart x 4. Flushed the system as...

Hi guys .I noticed that the little pipe that exits the front of the water pump is leaking and I was wondering would it be easier to take the water pump sraight out and replace the two O rings that way and the gasget or remove the exhaust pipes and the thermostat from the front and get the pipe...

Does any body else have a problem with their Kerker exhaust leaking where the rear downpipes slide into the headers that come from the front? I have the one on the right leaking really bad. Any suggestions for a fix?

Hi all, I have 1986 Vmax. The problem is that the small hole below the spark plug channel is leaking coolent after it warms up. It is on the side of the cylinder head. Does any know where the coolent is coming for and how bad is it to fix. Thank for your help.