17 Roadster oil leak

[Stillserving]

Pulled the throttle bodies of to get a better look at the leak as it started getting worse. Cam cover gasket looked good, oil was coming from somewhere lower. Reseated the oil tank and cleaned it all up good. Put it back together and started it up. Found where it's leaking from. What do you guys think?

 

[Stillserving]

That's between the head and the case

 

[Joesmoe]

I know the feeling, and the feeling isn't good. Not much help here. You may wish to search on "oil leak" and find a fair amount of discussion about the porosity of the head casting and so on.

 

[Tal]

cam cover torque settings are 10nm.....

 

[Stillserving]

That's not coming from the cam cover or leaking through pores. It's leaking from where the head meets the case (head gasket area)

 

[1K9]

Yeah, it's the head gasket. No Bueno. Check your spark plugs to see if they all look the same. Iv never had to change a head gasket so I can't help you. Has the bike ever been hot? Im sure someone here will know the best next step to take, if any.

 

[Stillserving]

Nope, never had any overheat issues and coolant level is good.

 

[Stillserving]

Just to close this out, it was the cam cover gasket. It was leaking at the #5 spark plug portion of the gasket, leaking into the spark plug well, and then down and out the drain hole which sits right above that part of the head gasket sealing area. The idea to check that was thanks to R-III-R Turbo.