Not good

[chomas]

Was on my way home from a ride yesterday and could smell oil burning. This is what I found. Closest Triumph dealer is about 130 miles away and doesn't have a service opening until June 28th. So ironically enough I'll be riding the non oil leaking Harley in the meantime. Bike is a 2014 Roadster with about 9k miles on it.

 

[daytonageo]

Blown head gasket for sure. Have em check the valves while they are in there. I would.

 

[Mittzy]

Blown head gasket for sure. Have em check the valves while they are in there. I would.

No way is that a head gasket. It's the rocker cover gasket and can be a common thing although I have never had one fail I think @Wrecka has had it happen twice.

 

[BigNorm]

Clogged PCV valve? I've had that happen with a Toyota pickup once. The rubber moon shaped gasket shot right out into the firewall.

 

[Rick Morris]

Blown head gasket for sure. Have em check the valves while they are in there. I would.

A blown head gasket? I looks like a rocker cover gasket to me. Would a blown head gasket cause the rocker cover gasket to blow out?

 

[EasTexRIII]

Heck no, the head gasket is at the base of the head, below header ports - it's a rocker cover gasket - easy fix

 

[chomas]

Heck no, the head gasket is at the base of the head, below header ports - it's a rocker cover gasket - easy fix

Mine was never very "pretty" to begin with. By that I mean it was kind of bunched up in spots and spread a little thinner in others if that makes sense. I was looking at a brand new Rocket in the showroom and that rubber edge was perfectly uniformed all the way around the motor. Mine looked like it was put on after lunch on a Friday compared to that one.

 

[scot in exile]

Rocker cover gasket remove clean and order a new gasket or use the old one with some flex casket to seal it, good luck.
As you are in Alaska I wonder if the -50 temp had any thing to do with it?

 

[chomas]

Mine was never very "pretty" to begin with. By that I mean it was kind of bunched up in spots and spread a little thinner in others if that makes sense. I was looking at a brand new on in the showroom and that rubber edge was perfectly uniformed all the way around the motor. Mine looked like it was put on after lunch on a Friday compared to that one.

Like this spot which has always looked like this but hasn't leaked, at least not yet.

 

[chomas]

Rocker cover gasket remove clean and order a new gasket or use the old one with some flex casket to seal it, good luck.
As you are in Alaska I wonder if the -50 temp had any thing to do with it?

I'm in Michigan