Filthy Phil
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The saga continues.
A couple of days after the first service I noticed a drop of oil on the sump plug. I thought they might not have tightened it properly after changing the oil so I rode back to the dealer.
They had a look & said a leak seems to be coming from behind the oil tank. They ordered some parts (O-rings I think) & told me it was ok to ride until the parts came in.
3 weeks later the parts arrived. When they removed the oil tank they found it wasn't the O-rings but the head gasket.
Apparently they had to email Triumph to ask them whether to try tightening the head down or replace the head gasket.
Another couple of weeks later I took it back to get the head bolts re-tensioned. It was still leaking so now they had to send Triumph another email to get approval to replace the head gasket.
Guess what? No head gaskets or studs in Australia so had to order parts from the UK which took 4 weeks.
The bike went in today to get the head gasket replaced. I got a phone call from the Service department this afternoon saying that when they went to replace the head gasket they found that the cam cover was warped by at least 4mm.
Hopefully they'll get back to me tomorrow about how long it's going to be in the workshop this time.
A couple of days after the first service I noticed a drop of oil on the sump plug. I thought they might not have tightened it properly after changing the oil so I rode back to the dealer.
They had a look & said a leak seems to be coming from behind the oil tank. They ordered some parts (O-rings I think) & told me it was ok to ride until the parts came in.
3 weeks later the parts arrived. When they removed the oil tank they found it wasn't the O-rings but the head gasket.
Apparently they had to email Triumph to ask them whether to try tightening the head down or replace the head gasket.
Another couple of weeks later I took it back to get the head bolts re-tensioned. It was still leaking so now they had to send Triumph another email to get approval to replace the head gasket.
Guess what? No head gaskets or studs in Australia so had to order parts from the UK which took 4 weeks.
The bike went in today to get the head gasket replaced. I got a phone call from the Service department this afternoon saying that when they went to replace the head gasket they found that the cam cover was warped by at least 4mm.
Hopefully they'll get back to me tomorrow about how long it's going to be in the workshop this time.