Jhncf Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Passed my mod 2 today and got home and took the XJ600 out for a run for the first time! Was riding it for 10 mins, stopped and noticed steam/smoke coming from the front of the engine, got off and had a look and there was oil pouring out of the breather pipe, there was oil all over the front of the engine aswell.. So p****d off, was looking forward to playing all weekend on the big bike! Any ideas what the problem is? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggie Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 has it had an oil change recently? sounds like it has been overfilled or has a clog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 what breather pipe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhncf Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 I haven't changed the oil, I think the guy that sold me the bike has overfilled it, he told me he had just serviced the bike which is a laugh because there wasn't even an air filter in the bike when I checked! The oil was coming from the breather pipe connected to the air box. Have I fecked the engine running it like this or can I just drain the oil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggie Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 hopefully you will be ok, worst case is you have blown a seal. I would drain the oil and refill to correct amount. Would also take a good look over rest of bike too as you never know what else might have been "serviced" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Hmmmm.....oil over the front of the engine could be a leaking cam cover gasket, head gasket or barrel base gasket......oil pi$$ing out of the crankcase breather sounds like maybe head gasket gone......allowing pressure into the crankcases......I'd clean all the oil off the front of the engine and then run it and see if you can spot where the oil is coming from..... We used to clean up the engine and then give it a good dusting with talcum powder in the general area of the leak and then run the engine again.....it's normally pretty easy to spot where the oil is coming from then..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipster Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Well done on the test pass. I see you asked the same question in the XJ600 forum. The guy who runs the forum is Radare and he's replied to you. He pretty much knows all you need to know about XJs and he seems to reckon you'll be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhncf Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 I'll try draining the oil and refilling correctly and if that doesn't solve the problem i'll try the talcum powder and hopefully find the leak really hope i'll be ok! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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