Slight oil leak 1100 GS

[pedro]

Chaps,
I have a slight seepage of oil on the front casing down on the nearside, I've done about 1000 miles since I bought the bike. It doesn't seem to be from the oil level glass as I've had on a previous bike, front crank seal maybe ? I've attached a couple of pics. Your thoughts please
Cheers
Peter

 

[Grizzly]

I think the first thing I would do is remove the bash plate and clean the whole area using Gunk - then monitor it - for days, if neccessary, with the bash plate still off, to see where the oil and dirt starts to appear - sometimes the origin of the leak can be below and/or behind the dirty area - but spreads due to air flow upwards from the front tyre.

Cheers..................Grizzly

 

[Slipperyeel]

I had this on my old GS. Posted on here and the solution (for me anyway) was to simply tighten all the bolts. I was surprised how lose they all were! Instant fix

I would check/tighten and then do as Grizzly suggests



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[beemer pimp]

+1 try tighten bolts 1st , looks like front cover sipping oil , if that won't work you need take front cover off and put new silicon gasket , not difficult but loads dismantling....

 

[pedro]

Thanks chaps, I'll get on to that this week.