Motovalet Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Grr.. so the GSXR750 motor in my 600 teapot has started to weep oil at the top of one of the return tubes that run from the head to the sump. I really, really don't want to remove the head again and think I must have nicked the new o ring during the rebuild, my question is do folk think I'd get away with silicon seal around the outside of the tube? It's not under pressure and heat won't be an issue as I have used silicon to seal my expansion pipe manifolds on my X7 two stroke sprint bike with no issues. Failing the obvious, strip and rebuild I'm open to other suggestions! Quote Link to comment
canamant Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 (edited) Try it. What do you have to lose. Clean it well first having left it to stand for a few days to let the oil drain out of the gallery into the tube. Edit - Did you use OE O rings ? Edited July 4, 2016 by canamant Added question Quote Link to comment
colinworth79 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I always use new Suzuki o rings and if the tubes don't look perfect I replace them as well . A bit of silicon grease around the o ring will help it fit into the head . 2 Quote Link to comment
Motovalet Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 Well all bodges, silicon, araldite, milliput etc. have failed miserably and it's now blindingly obvious that the head has to come off and new tubes and OE O rings need to be fitted along with a new head gasket I guess, which is annoying given that since the rebuild this gasket has seen a couple of engine starts only, damn!! I'm not sure it'll be that easy doing it in situ in the teapot frame so it's going to have to come out of the frame and in view of this I'm shelving the the 600F/GSXR750 sleeper project and going to try instead to shoehorn the motor into my '87 GSX550ES and use the teapots front and rear end as well, not sure if it's a straightforward swap though or even if the oil burner will fit in the frame, worth a go though and probably a lot more sleeper like than the old teapot :-) Quote Link to comment
teltwosheds Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Can't you just tip the engine forward on the lower rear mounting? saves taking it all out ;-) Quote Link to comment
FatLadZ Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Sell me the engine or the bike and I will give it a fantastic home in a lovely GSXR750L Quote Link to comment
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