Blue smoke – oil from crank case vent

[Anonymous]

You haven’t overfilled with oil have you? That will pressurise the crank case.

[TrentMember]

definitely not

[TrentMember]

Update time! To celebrate my shit stormed weekend I went and bought a W&B 5-120Nm deflection beam torque wrench for $260 down at blackwoods Looks purdy

I’ve pulled the head and piston off and there was no oil above the piston but below it was milky. It appears that the water pump seal has gone and let some water in on that ride which would have caused the increased pressure in the case pushing the oil out and last night the seal must’ve shit itself.

Does that sound about right? I’m strangely happy though I think its just relief but I had quite a good time in the shed pulling the piston off and everything went well. I bet you’d never think someone could be happy to find oil in the crank case but I much prefer to know what the problem is so I know it can be fixed rather than puting it back together and hoping that its ok because it plays on my mind when I’m riding.

Either way there’ll be no riding this weekend and I’m not going to start putting it back together till I have the parts I think. Lesson learnt fix your bike immediately even if you think its only a small issue because if you wait till you’re preparing for your next ride you wont have the parts in time.

[Eric SmithMember]

Well that’s good news and bad news isn’t it! As you say, at least you know what the problem is with no more guessing and can sort it out once and for all – and it wasn’t rings, isn’t that nice!

Hope you get it sorted out soon mate!

Cheers,

ECKS

[murph the surfMember]

Hey Austblue
Sounds like this ride has been canned???
Cheers
Murph

[TrentMember]

Cheers mate and thanks everyone again. I was thinking I probably don’t need the other seals now but I’ll probably get at least the clutch gasket so I can pull the cover off and clean the contaminated oil out.

I did my bad news last night its all good news from now on

[Anonymous]

Sounds like your all sorted AB. Hope the repairs go well. Is a new bike still on the horizon?

[TrentMember]

Yeah murph. Provided everything goes well from here I’ll organise a ride for next saturday instead.

Sorry about that mate but I suppose its better for both of us that I found out here rather than out on the trail!

[TrentMember]

I’m doing my best to hold off until I’m a better rider so I can buy a new bike and keep it pretty plus the 250f does suit me right now. I may hold off and see if I can pick up a 2010 bike with low k’s I think.

[AlexMember]

I hate to say it….. I know your thinking it.
My little excf went to a happy home. Never looked back.

[Graeme PattersonMember]

axel wrote:

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I hate to say it….. I know your thinking it.
My little excf went to a happy home. Never looked back.

if they knew how you treated it they wouldnt be so happy ya bike flogger

[TrentMember]

What did you move on to axel?

[Anonymous]

At least you know what the problem is now mate, like you say, better the devil you know.

Catch you on the trails soon

[alanMember]

ekipS wrote:

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axel wrote:

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I hate to say it….. I know your thinking it.
My little excf went to a happy home. Never looked back.

if they knew how you treated it they wouldnt be so happy ya bike flogger

you goto flog the dogs otherwise they don t go :silly:

[TrentMember]

Its true but when you do they sure go! Unless of course they’ve got a st bernard sitting on them :silly:

After riding P-dubs crf250x I’d say they behave completely opposite – the honda is happy to cruise and tractor whereas the ktm really begs for you to bang it down a gear with wot but you have to be smooth and fast to keep that up which I’m not yet!

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