Lucky sod!
Hi Pol,
How fortunate is that, to have someone sort out your oil leak for you?
Anyway, I guess the answer to your original question in your thread (so thanks for letting me take it over now that you are back on the road) is, yes, gasket leaks need to be sorted out - I've just been reading on another thread about leaks around the oil filter cover on XTs, caused by stripped threads - I just hope that I am not going to find something similar when I get inside my engine (stripped threads that is!). So, I am going to do it myself and I have ordered a set of gaskets, genuine Yamaha stuff only, for everyone of them down to and including the one between the cylinder and the crankcases. Should be here within a few days and then the work starts.
Aukeboss,
I shall certainly be getting a feel for how tight the bolts should be, but if I can get them torqued to the recommended figures then so much the better - I may "experiment" as I take them off in the first place; numbers don't mean the same as the feel - 42Nm (4.2 m.Kg, 30 ft.lb) to quote the manual for the most awkward bolts - now what does that feel like?
Dave
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