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Chain oiler |
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By: Rob vW Date: March 28, 2023, 4:10 am |
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My NF appeared to have an oil leak from the beginning when I |
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restored it and got it back on the road. When parked up in the |
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garage after a run, a small spot of engine oil would drop onto |
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the floor. To say the least, it was a bit disappointing. |
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I spent a lot of time, firstly checking gaskets, and latterly |
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checking seals. |
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This weekend, I finally discovered the cause of the oil leak. |
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If you dismantle the left side of the engine and remove the |
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flywheel outer cover, the flywheel and flywheel inner cover, as |
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you have to to get to the front sprocket. If you remove the |
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sprocket & chain as I did, suspecting the gearbox shaft seal was |
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the culprit, clean the area up with degreaser. Then have a good |
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look at the underside of the engine breather housing and you |
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will see a small hole. I am quite sure that this is designed as |
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a chain oiler! |
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Rightly or wrongly, I have left the hole there just so that it |
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does act as a chain oiler. But it does explain the oil leak. |
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