CapnDenny1
Well-known member
Hello All,
I finally got the Goldwing to the mechanic to get inspected to get it licensed. I replaced the right exhaust with a chepo from ebay. I noticed when I was bolting the exhaust up that there there was some oil on the bottom of the head. It never leaked before I took the exhaust pipe off. So I bolted the new exhaust pipe up and torqued the bolts. I'm not sure if the compression washers got compressed or not, but I didn't want to over torque anything. Anyway when I got to the shop to drop the bike off for the inspection tomorrow I noticed a few drops of oil on the toe of my right shoe. This could have just been the oil that I saw on the bottom of the head when I bolted the newer exhaust back on. I know from reading on here that the valves leak oil if they sit for a while, and can cause it to smoke when it is first started up. It did smoke a fair amount when I started it up, but stopped pretty quick. It never leaked oil before, so do you guys think it's just the oil that leaked out the open exhaust port while I had the exhaust off of the bike? It sat that way for several weeks before I got the newer exhaust put back on.
By the way, it was really nice to get back on the bike. I'm anxious to get this thing on the road and enjoy what's left of the summer.
Thanks,
Dennis
I finally got the Goldwing to the mechanic to get inspected to get it licensed. I replaced the right exhaust with a chepo from ebay. I noticed when I was bolting the exhaust up that there there was some oil on the bottom of the head. It never leaked before I took the exhaust pipe off. So I bolted the new exhaust pipe up and torqued the bolts. I'm not sure if the compression washers got compressed or not, but I didn't want to over torque anything. Anyway when I got to the shop to drop the bike off for the inspection tomorrow I noticed a few drops of oil on the toe of my right shoe. This could have just been the oil that I saw on the bottom of the head when I bolted the newer exhaust back on. I know from reading on here that the valves leak oil if they sit for a while, and can cause it to smoke when it is first started up. It did smoke a fair amount when I started it up, but stopped pretty quick. It never leaked oil before, so do you guys think it's just the oil that leaked out the open exhaust port while I had the exhaust off of the bike? It sat that way for several weeks before I got the newer exhaust put back on.
By the way, it was really nice to get back on the bike. I'm anxious to get this thing on the road and enjoy what's left of the summer.
Thanks,
Dennis