Hey guys, did a fresh engine build from a box of parts. Its was torn all the way down to the tranny and I built it back up. Was stocked about that cuz I've only done from the top end up in the past.
Any hooter...doing some shake-down runs everything seems fine...shifts nice, but have a bad oil leak on the left side of the base gasket. Did the drill of re-torquing three times up to 30 lbs to no effect. Leaks pretty quickly also, when I say shake down run, I mean just up the road and back a 1/2 mile or so. I even set the kick stand on a block so the bike sets even, started it and let it run a few minutes and you could see the oil coming from the left side of the bottom cylinders. Tore it down yesterday and nothing seemed out of place. The only thing I did see what the orange rubber o-rings that go around the barrels were sort of shoved up in the small gap between the cylinders and the casting. I honestly can't remember if I did that purposely or it happened when I torqued it down. But either way, just to be clear, the o-rings should go on first, and slide them down flush at the base of the cylinder, then the gasket goes on top of the o-rings?
Also, should I pack the o-rings into that gap, or just let it sort of sit on top? I sort of feel like this probably did not cause the leak, but I thought I'd ask.
Also, what about using some grey gasket sealer around the base gasket? Can't hurt right?
I just don't want to put it all back together and get the same result...definition of insanity and all
Thanks in advance.
Any hooter...doing some shake-down runs everything seems fine...shifts nice, but have a bad oil leak on the left side of the base gasket. Did the drill of re-torquing three times up to 30 lbs to no effect. Leaks pretty quickly also, when I say shake down run, I mean just up the road and back a 1/2 mile or so. I even set the kick stand on a block so the bike sets even, started it and let it run a few minutes and you could see the oil coming from the left side of the bottom cylinders. Tore it down yesterday and nothing seemed out of place. The only thing I did see what the orange rubber o-rings that go around the barrels were sort of shoved up in the small gap between the cylinders and the casting. I honestly can't remember if I did that purposely or it happened when I torqued it down. But either way, just to be clear, the o-rings should go on first, and slide them down flush at the base of the cylinder, then the gasket goes on top of the o-rings?
Also, should I pack the o-rings into that gap, or just let it sort of sit on top? I sort of feel like this probably did not cause the leak, but I thought I'd ask.
Also, what about using some grey gasket sealer around the base gasket? Can't hurt right?
I just don't want to put it all back together and get the same result...definition of insanity and all

Thanks in advance.