help with mysterious oil leak?
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:20 pm
It's a good idea. I did this on my 2009 for the same reason, fix it before it leaves me stranded. My buddy has actually gone through 2 factory style petcocks on his bike. I think he finally switched over to the non-vacuum style after the second one died.
Ryan
Phoenix
On 10/20/2015 5:54 PM, Paul Whatley pwhatfourever@... [DSN_KLR650] wrote:
I just ordered a replacement manual petcock from Eagle Mike, rather than wait for this to happen to my '06. Thanks for the warning. Paul [b]From:[/b] "Martin Earl mjearl4@... [DSN_KLR650]" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]To:[/b] DSN KLR650 DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com; kevbennett@... [b]Sent:[/b] Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:44 AM [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Help with mysterious oil leak? What has previously worked for me---plan A or B: cough. A: sometimes you can recover the 'soiled' brake pads by 'grinding' them on wet or dry sand paper (pads and sand paper sprayed with brake cleaner). Place the sandpaper over a sheet of glass or other flat surface (formica counter top) and grind in a figure 8 pattern. Spray the pads after several revolutions and repeat on a clean spot. A.1 and clean the disc again.... B. Clean the disc again and install the new pads from Fred. B.1 Ignore part A. shrug. m. On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:19 AM, kevbennett@... [DSN_KLR650] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Thanks so much for your words of wisdom! Yes, Fred was exactly right. I had just replaced a leaking petcock the previous day, and did not suspect that the issues were related. I changed the oil this morning and the symptoms disappeared. However, no amount of degreaser or brake cleaner seems able to restore proper function to the formerly oil-covered rear brake, so I ordered a new set of pads from Fred. I am so grateful for this forum, whose members have come through for me many times. When people ask me what I like about my KLR, I always mention the "hidden feature:" the incredible resource of this online community. Appreciatively, Kevin