jch364
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the other day i was riding home just minding my own business. when i came to a stop light i smelled something like burning oil. I thought that surely it must be from the exhaust from the car in front of me. at the next light i could still smell it. this time i noticed smoke coming from up through the triple tree!!!???. I pulled over and looked under the bike and to my amazement i watched oil drip onto the pavement. and noticed oil on the side fairing on the right side. Ok now im in panic mode. My cell phone is dead and i gotta get her home. so i drove ever so slowly continually checking the oil light and temp gauge. after i got home i pulled the panel off on the right side praying that the oil was from a loose filter. or maybe oil cooler had a puncher. anything but the engine....
well as it turns out it was the right oil cooler hose that was leaking. not the connections but in the line somewhere. .... put a new one on and cleaned up the oil and checked and all is well. didnt loose any oil to speak of. maybe an ounce at best. thank god i feel really lucky that it was only a hose. I would never have thought that the hose would have developed a leak though. kinda odd i think but then again it is an 06 with 41k miles. i think its gonna be needing all new hoses soon.....
anyone else had this happen? just wondering.
well as it turns out it was the right oil cooler hose that was leaking. not the connections but in the line somewhere. .... put a new one on and cleaned up the oil and checked and all is well. didnt loose any oil to speak of. maybe an ounce at best. thank god i feel really lucky that it was only a hose. I would never have thought that the hose would have developed a leak though. kinda odd i think but then again it is an 06 with 41k miles. i think its gonna be needing all new hoses soon.....
anyone else had this happen? just wondering.
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