Pulled Jug out of the bike port last night – moving into the garage for prep to lug my corpulent self over to the Essex branch camp tomorrow afternoon. But woe, there was a malodorous toxicity to the old gal. I can see where there has been some kind of leakage on the LH pot, at around the cylinder head joint, and down on to the runner board. I’m thinking it’s too oily to just be gasoline picking up some grime along the way, but too noxious to just be oil. And it’s attacked the rubber on the runner board. The bike was parked on the side stand so leaning over that way note.
The fuel taps were both off, but I dipped the oil just in case a goodly amount had decanted down. All good. Pulled the plug on that side and spun the motor in case of hydraulic lock – got quite a lot of ‘mist’ blow out. Hmmmm. The bike was last used for the BITM rally which is fairly local, just a few weeks back. I don’t really believe I’ve got a head gasket going but I could do a quick compression test. I do have a new fuel tap fitted on that side (that now includes a reserve position), so I’m a little suspicious of that. There are no other visible signs of where this has come from.
More news as I dig in I suppose …
