I'm at a loss

chomas

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2013 CVO Road King 241ci S&S motor
So not long ago I made a post about how I had an oil leak. Here is that post> Not good . Today I took the bike in for it's 10,000 mile check up. While it was there I just had them replace that gasket. Also I'd like to add that the bike was leaking oil at the seal where the drive shaft goes into the motor which they replaced today also. They finished the job right before they closed today. About 20 minutes into my drive home I noticed it found a brand new place to leak oil! This one doesn't look good at all. I'm afraid it's at the head gasket now. What in the world could cause this? I have no idea what to do now.

 
Hopefully they overfilled it but whatever it is it would be a downer
 
It maybe the cam cover gasket got pinched ,did they mess with that ? did they look at the cam shims , see if you can see oil up high behind the throttle bodies
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think a bad head gasket would leak antifreeze not oil.
 
I took it in first thing this morning but with my luck of course the lead Triumph mechanic had the day off. I'd like to know why it has leaked oil in three different spots now. Is it building too much oil pressure? I just don't get it.
 
I hope you get it figured out soon. That has got to be very frustrating.
 
Find it hard to suspect a head gasket , unless you badly overheated sometime ? Seems odd tho with the shaft seal leaking also on such a reasonably low miles bike ! If the bike runs fine I would suspect the rocker cover gasket and or as IDK says the o ring . Is the crankcase breather clear ?
 
For what it's worth:
Oil leaking from the valve cover gasket at the back right of the head was a fairly common problem in the past.
I had mine replace by the dealer at their initiative.
I have an 08 standard
 
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