oil leak

[racerrad8]

I went to the shop and shot a couple of pictures after work and they should be posted shortly. The area you are describing is open to the rear of the engine.; which I demonstrate in the photos.

You need to remove the tank and look at the valve cover & grommets like I said before. If they are dry the since the area you are describing is open, I would venture to say you have a leak at or near the timing chain tensioner which bolts directly upstream from the oil drip. Take off the carbs and the heat shield and see what you have coming from that area.

I believe this oil leak is going to be a simple fix since it doesn't appear to be coming form the head or base gaskets.

Randy - RPM

<edit> Here are the pictures from Randy

I pulled an oil barrel to get a picture. As you can see the cam chain passes through the center boss.



I shined a light through to the back of the cylinder, this is the path of your oil.



The timing chain tensioner is probably going to be the leak. It bolt onto the flange and will leak forward, right down those fins if it is leaking. The is also a chance it could be the valve cover as well.

[Kopfjaeger]

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[Kopfjaeger]

humble pie anyone? got lots to share

[racerman_27410]

humble pie anyone? got lots to share

pretty good resource we got here aint it ?

enjoy your pie brother...and while you're snackin i'll go ahead and say the obligitory.. THE FJ is way tougher than that suzuki.... any day of the week ....


....just sayin' KOokalooo! 

[Kopfjaeger]

ok. fingers crossed. removed cam chain tensioner made new gasket .03 gasket paper, cleaned out threads .( m6 x.1) bit of gasket goo, ( less than a smear) tensioned back in cleaned engine, cleaned carbs wrestled the rear subframe back in ( ) and will hook up wiring tomorrow ( give everything a chance to gel .... yes im paranoid if you havnt worked that out yet) got a resistor block (ballast) for the rear LED s  that used to be on it, gunna take another daring chance ( yes yes i know 2 in 1 week.... WHAT A DEMON!!!)  and remove it, cleaned all the rear swinging arm and suspension. if this was the problem, ( i really hope it is) than humble pie never tasted so good............. and yes the suzy is not a patch on the 1200, i know that, but i do like 750's and its coming together nicely and not giving me troubles (yet).
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL AND SORRY FOR BEING A TOUCH MELODRAMATIC AND A WANKER..... ( paranoid about oil leaks, had one bike eat the bottom end and another the top.... but they were kwakas)

[TRoy]

ok. . removed cam chain tensioner made new gasket, tensioned back in cleaned engine

Hey man did you reset the tensioner? If not you must do so before running the engine! I think 

[Kopfjaeger]

oh hell yes. much easier than the kwaka ones those ones are on the side of the enigine and are a ,... sheesh... like the fj in the sense its mechanical but ... to install it... have to hold it in your hand and turn the worm screw in the middle to pull the plunger back in till 10 -15? mm shows . THEN with one hand keeping the screwdriver in place the other holding it still you have to slide it in to the housing and then get the 2 x6 mm bolts in and seated tight . and THEN  let go the screwdriver and WHACK!!! tensioned. tricky. the fj  was a darn site simpler. with the exception of removing the rear that was a bit of a chore but i manged to keep the skin on my bits o meat at the and of my arms . Normally airboxes remove skin for me and turn the air blue. i unfortunatly dont have hands that have fingers that start at the elbows  and are triple jointed

[Pat Conlon]

............ and yes the suzy is not a patch on the 1200, i know that, but i do like 750's and its coming together nicely and not giving me troubles (yet).
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL AND SORRY FOR BEING A TOUCH MELODRAMATIC AND A WANKER.....

No worries mate. I think it's safe to say that, in one time or another, we have all felt that way. Kudos for reaching out.
When (not if) you get into problems with your Suki, I hope you have a forum you can turn to like ours....
Like Frank said, we have some very smart folks hanging out here.......Once again, thank you Randy!   Cheers. Pat

[andyb]

Man, you guys are lucky.  My FJ at no point ever leaked from just one point!  The countershaft, head gasket (pretty sure there, the gasket had been reused more than once and the tensioner wouldn't account for the pattern of oil on my motor), the CCT also of course, the valve cover grommets... and that's just the oil leaks!  Oddly, I don't think the oil filter area ever leaked, but the clutch fluid probably kept that clean....

Some FJ's have had much harder lives than others.  My top priority for my rebuild was no more leaks!

[Kopfjaeger]

sigh. calm now. but its not the cam chain tensioner. its dry as, no oil marks around it. still leaks same place im stripping it now and taking pics whats the expression" doesnt kill me makes me stronger" wheres mr coffee?

[Travis398]

  I was a little sad when you (thought) found the leak, I thought all the great entertaining posts were going to end.
So now I am happy, continue on  

[Kopfjaeger]

your just lucky you got the trooper as an avatar.....chuckles. cant go rank at someone who loves the maiden.......just wish i could play as good as mr mcbrain..... i will do my best to keep you entertained   

[Kopfjaeger]

[Kopfjaeger]

And I think the question Mr Conlon is not wether there is a suzuki page that can be as useful as your esteemed selves , but wether in fact they could put up with my annoying habits 

[carsick]

"where's Mr. Coffee?"

Kopfjaeger, you seem to have found him. Up the Irons!