oily residue on lower pant leg

Post by **slowvet** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 1:09 am

This one is stumping me. The last 6 months or so I'm noticing an oily, dirty patch on my lower right pants cuff near the boot. Nothing on the left boot side. I've checked for leaks, etc. Very peculiar.

Post by **bandytales** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:08 am

slowvet wrote: This one is stumping me. The last 6 months or so I'm noticing an oily, dirty patch on my lower right pants cuff near the boot. Nothing on the left boot side. I've checked for leaks, etc. Very peculiar.

Take off the lower fairing on that side. Wash the bike and allow it to dry. In dry conditions ride the bike and then puff talcum powder in the areas forward of your foot. See it there is a start point where the talc starts adhering.

Post by **Our Gee** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:23 am

This does remind me of very similar occasion when I returned home after a Dealer service. My right boot had a thin film of oil on it. Investigation by me showed that the rubber seal which fits around the spark plug access hole had not been installed correctly. Don’t you just love those skilled BMW technicians !!. Maybe worth checking that area.

Post by **simbo** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:33 pm

O ring on the oil filler plug ok?

Post by **slowvet** » Wed Feb 28, 2018 11:46 pm

Thanks for responding boys! Will try the powder plan this weekend. Simbo, I checked, everything is snug and proper.

Post by **Ganesh** » Thu Mar 01, 2018 4:14 pm

Haven't looked for one but is there a breather pipe and is it that side of the engine?

Post by **Kellenbenz** » Sat Mar 03, 2018 2:14 am

Our Gee wrote: This does remind me of very similar occasion when I returned home after a Dealer service. My right boot had a thin film of oil on it. Investigation by me showed that the rubber seal which fits around the spark plug access hole had not been installed correctly. Don’t you just love those skilled BMW technicians !!. Maybe worth checking that area.

Same happened to me...the valve cover has to be removed to see this. On mine the rubber gasket around the plug hole was upside down.

Ron

Post by **garr2** » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:38 am

Our Gee wrote: This does remind me of very similar occasion when I returned home after a Dealer service. My right boot had a thin film of oil on it. Investigation by me showed that the rubber seal which fits around the spark plug access hole had not been installed correctly. Don’t you just love those skilled BMW technicians !!. Maybe worth checking that area.

Me  too ..... or is that 3!

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