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2012 Super Tenere 60K
Had a friend roll into the shop this weekend and parked his bike on the side stand. After ten minutes we walked pass his bike and there was a puddle of oil. I grabbed a flash light and took a look. His entire bottom of the motor was wet with oil.. Fresh liquid wet oil.. He had his wife pick him up and I had a chance to look at it today. There was so much oil I used degreaser and power washer on the bottom of the motor to clean it all up. (there was also oil dripping off the center stand, rear suspension, rear rim was almost wet, oil on the sides of the rear tire, and slung into the under fender, oil on the back half of the bike)
When it was dry this is what I found. On the bottom of the oil pan there is the silver aluminum oil passage cover (Cover, Oil Element 23P-13447-00-00)
I started the motor and let it idle, no oil, no leak, I let the motor worm up and then I started to see oil weeping out of this cover. I let the motor continue to idle till the fan came on 220'ish. When the motor had gone though several fan cycles the motor was now hot and the oil was almost dripping out of this cover... this was only at idle 1100 RPM... I believe that the O-ring (Gasket, Element Cover23P-13449-00-00) has basically given up. I don't know specifically because I haven't taken it apart yet.. I've ordered the part and hope there might be one in the USA.
I work on quite a few Teneres and have not seen this issue before.. Its leaking around the entire cover but its the worst on the rear left (drive) side. When your changing your oil or you happen to be cleaning your bike, make sure to take a look at this area for any wet oil. My friend said it had dumped out all this oil only over a few days... It was a lot of oil....
Keep an eye on that area and it should always be dry. If your bike is really dirty and nasty on the bottom of the motor I suggest you scrub that clean and take a quick look. As fast as this oil was coming out that would have put a stop to a trip or possible engine damage. The part is not expensive and looks to be really easy to fix ONLY IF YOU KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE !
LOOK OVER YOUR BIKE PEOPLE.... LOL
2012 Super Tenere 60K
Had a friend roll into the shop this weekend and parked his bike on the side stand. After ten minutes we walked pass his bike and there was a puddle of oil. I grabbed a flash light and took a look. His entire bottom of the motor was wet with oil.. Fresh liquid wet oil.. He had his wife pick him up and I had a chance to look at it today. There was so much oil I used degreaser and power washer on the bottom of the motor to clean it all up. (there was also oil dripping off the center stand, rear suspension, rear rim was almost wet, oil on the sides of the rear tire, and slung into the under fender, oil on the back half of the bike)
When it was dry this is what I found. On the bottom of the oil pan there is the silver aluminum oil passage cover (Cover, Oil Element 23P-13447-00-00)
I started the motor and let it idle, no oil, no leak, I let the motor worm up and then I started to see oil weeping out of this cover. I let the motor continue to idle till the fan came on 220'ish. When the motor had gone though several fan cycles the motor was now hot and the oil was almost dripping out of this cover... this was only at idle 1100 RPM... I believe that the O-ring (Gasket, Element Cover23P-13449-00-00) has basically given up. I don't know specifically because I haven't taken it apart yet.. I've ordered the part and hope there might be one in the USA.
I work on quite a few Teneres and have not seen this issue before.. Its leaking around the entire cover but its the worst on the rear left (drive) side. When your changing your oil or you happen to be cleaning your bike, make sure to take a look at this area for any wet oil. My friend said it had dumped out all this oil only over a few days... It was a lot of oil....
Keep an eye on that area and it should always be dry. If your bike is really dirty and nasty on the bottom of the motor I suggest you scrub that clean and take a quick look. As fast as this oil was coming out that would have put a stop to a trip or possible engine damage. The part is not expensive and looks to be really easy to fix ONLY IF YOU KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE !
LOOK OVER YOUR BIKE PEOPLE.... LOL
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