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Turtle
21-07-2015, 03:40 PM
Ey lads.
Recently did an oil change (no filter) to my WR450F and have sprung a leak.
Measured it out per the manual at 900ml.
No dramas at first, rode to work, then came out to the picture at the end of the day.
Oil is collecting on the bottom of the frame at the left and running down the kick stand.

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For the life of me I cannot find where it's actually coming from though.
It's slowed down a lot and I believe I somehow overfilled her as even now the dipstick is just over high.

I'll drop some of the oil, but can anyone guess where that extra oil would be being forced out from though? Worried I may have damaged a seal from the pressure.

Marshy
21-07-2015, 05:14 PM
Hmmm, no idea, but I have no clue about dirty bikes. Some of the brains trust must know something about chook chasers....

Mstevo
21-07-2015, 05:48 PM
get some baby powder and spray that around then blow it off that will show the trail

Carl-52
21-07-2015, 06:32 PM
Might be the seal behind the front sprocket if you cant follow the trail to anywhere easily visible... pull a few things off and have a look

zooker
21-07-2015, 07:32 PM
Possibly seal behind front sprocket. Also possible it's overflow from overfilling it. I always fill according to dipstick or sight glass on bikes. You never know how much oil is still left in it if it doesn't drain completely

simonr
21-07-2015, 08:13 PM
Did you re-oil your airfilter?

RIPPERTON
27-07-2015, 03:46 PM
coming from air filter box cause maybe overfilled oil.

Marty
29-07-2015, 07:20 AM
Does the WR have multiple drain points? My ktm has 4, if you missed one there could have been oil left in there