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On the net you often read, The most common oil leaks are between the jug and head and at the clutch pushrod oil seal under the left side cover.
Earlier my xs was leaking oil by the head gasket.
I torqued up all bolts that was affected ,and also changed out the washers covered with rubber with selfmade (in a lathe ) aluminium washers. The leak got smaller, but still sweating there by the gasket.
I removed the exhaust pipes and looked into the exh port in the cylinder head and could see coce build up on the valve and up along the shaft. I was thinking the reason for this was leaking oil seal on top of the valve bushing, and then desided to change those oil seals on the exhaust valves shaft first ( were there is most heat) ,and the oil sweat through the head gasket disapered completly. (used that method with engine in frame without splitting the head from cylinders. )
Earlier my xs was also leaking at the clutch pushrod. I bought part fra Mikesxs and drilled out and replased the bushing inside the oil seal, and installed new oil seal and that one-piece pushrod from Mikesxs.
There is instructions on Mikesxs page how to do this job.
This is 6 years ago, and still no oil leak there any more, I think that long pushrod is the reason that it hold tight so long now, as it is more steady and don`t wear so mutch on the oil seal as the short piece pushrod do.
Earlier my xs was leaking oil by the head gasket.
I torqued up all bolts that was affected ,and also changed out the washers covered with rubber with selfmade (in a lathe ) aluminium washers. The leak got smaller, but still sweating there by the gasket.
I removed the exhaust pipes and looked into the exh port in the cylinder head and could see coce build up on the valve and up along the shaft. I was thinking the reason for this was leaking oil seal on top of the valve bushing, and then desided to change those oil seals on the exhaust valves shaft first ( were there is most heat) ,and the oil sweat through the head gasket disapered completly. (used that method with engine in frame without splitting the head from cylinders. )
Earlier my xs was also leaking at the clutch pushrod. I bought part fra Mikesxs and drilled out and replased the bushing inside the oil seal, and installed new oil seal and that one-piece pushrod from Mikesxs.
There is instructions on Mikesxs page how to do this job.
This is 6 years ago, and still no oil leak there any more, I think that long pushrod is the reason that it hold tight so long now, as it is more steady and don`t wear so mutch on the oil seal as the short piece pushrod do.