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philwright

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Changed the oil and filter on my 88j yesterday ,took it for a spin this afternoon and i have an oil leak, checked the sump plug and filter for tightness and both OK, then noticed that oil was weeping from the left hand ( looking from front of bike)  bottom oil cooler pipe union where it bolts onto engine, like a twat i must have damaged it when i took off the old filter ,i struggled to get it off so foolishly resorted to hammering a screwdriver through it to get it started ,must have gone straight through the other side and pierced the pipe.

Is it a straightforward like for like replacement when i get hold of a spare ?...just a matter of draining the oil and unbolting the pipe at engine end and top of oil cooler?...any tips welcome.

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On 2/17/2019 at 4:44 PM, philwright said:

Changed the oil and filter on my 88j yesterday ,took it for a spin this afternoon and i have an oil leak, checked the sump plug and filter for tightness and both OK, then noticed that oil was weeping from the left hand ( looking from front of bike)  bottom oil cooler pipe union where it bolts onto engine, like a twat i must have damaged it when i took off the old filter ,i struggled to get it off so foolishly resorted to hammering a screwdriver through it to get it started ,must have gone straight through the other side and pierced the pipe.

Is it a straightforward like for like replacement when i get hold of a spare ?...just a matter of draining the oil and unbolting the pipe at engine end and top of oil cooler?...any tips welcome.

Is this the curved type cooler 

If so might beable to help 

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Stripped the fairing off and had a proper look , the pipe is OK thank god... oil was seeping out of the bottom of the filter, looks like there was a bit of grit or something stopping a proper seal, simply unscrewed the filter about half an inch cleaned round the seal and retightened and then topped up the oil ,jobs a good'n and  no harm done hopefully.

I'll need to get myself a proper oil filter wrench, the old filter was a bastard to get off which is why i resorted to the screwdriver method in frustration...lesson learned.

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