Oil Behind Generator Cover

[Mickly]

Hiya good folks of TMBF

I have a new to me 2002 BMW F650GS single spark  that refuses to start, as part of the diagnosis I have removed the generator &  a good quantity of (rank) oil has spilled into the garage floor - is this to be expected, or should it be dry?

Ta & expect a shot load of more questions about this subject  

[Stu]

Pretty sure its to be expected well except for the rank bit  

 

Easy way to tell is does it have a gasket? if so its there to stop leaks 

[Mickly]

Thanks @Stu

It does have a gasket.

There was a little oil in the air box and there is a vent from the generator cover into the air box which made me wonder.

 

[Bender]

Gaskets are also there to keep crap like water and dust out, it will be vented into airbox to stop any pressure building up,not convinced it should have a pool of oil, surely a drain plug would have been added? 

[Mickly]

I’m waiting delivery of a Haynes manual & hopefully it will become clear.

Tried looking at on line ones but gave up having to scroll through only for it to shoot back to the top

[Bender]

32 minutes ago, Mickly said:

I’m waiting delivery of a Haynes manual & hopefully it will become clear.

Tried looking at on line ones but gave up having to scroll through only for it to shoot back to the top

My phone does that with pdf docs, it's bloody annoying  

[Mickly]

I think I may have found the answer - see item #2

(Reason for screen photo is coz I used my prehistoric I-Pad 2 to look at the online manual and it can’t do anything else but surf t’internet coz it can’t accept any of the iOS updates to run anything)

 

Edited March 2, 2023 by Mickly

[Mickly]

We have a winner @Stu

The manual says to put the bike on its side stand when removing the generator cover to minimise the loss of any oil.

The gasket ripped when I removed it so I promptly ordered the wrong gasket

Correct gasket is now on the way.