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Hi guys, I have recently rebuilt the engine on my Kawi and it barely has an hour. I am breaking it in the old way, by using it half throttle. However, oil is leaking from what I believe is an overflow hole, is it normal? If not, what should I do? Thanks in advance!
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That looks to be from the spark plug cavity. It is there to let water evacuate from around the spark plug.
Are you sure your spark plug is tight?
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Thank you bud! I didn't know it was the spark plug evacuation hole, now I know what to look for!
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There is actually two one under the cam caps and one under the valve cover. They require a little grease on them when being installed. Those are "supposed" to be replaced at rebuild according to the manual
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Thank all of you guys! Yeah first I will try to replace the one which goes under the valve cover, as I don't want to take the cams cap apart.
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Wells as you can see the seal was pretty shot. Do you think I should also check the one under the caps or is this the only culprit of the oil leak?
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Replacing that seal and the oring fixes the leak. When they fail, oil leaks into the spark plug hole and flows out of the weep hole on the side.
