Re: BMW: Re: Oilhead Being A Oilhead

[low rider <easybmwrider@xxxxxxxxx>]

See!  I never thought about the simplist solution first.  KISS! 
Thanks Clive.

- --- Clive Liddell <cliddell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Jim,
> The oily trouser leg / toe cap often comes from the head gasket and
> can be
> fixed by simply doing a re-torque (as per 1st service, 1000km, or
> 600mi).
> Both my bikes have developed weeps there and were fixed by
> re-torquing as
> per manual.
> Regards
> Clive Liddell
> Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
> '96 R850R   70k.km
> '01 R1100RT 45k.km
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: low rider <easybmwrider@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: IBMW MC <bmwmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: BMW Oilheads <oilheads@xxxxxxxxx>; Brian Curry
> <bmwbrian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 2:47 PM
> Subject: BMW: Oilhead Being A Oilhead
> 
> 
> >
> > What last summer was just an annoying glistening on the toe of my
> > left boot is now a large enough leak that it is leaving tracks on
> the
> > car-port floor as well as covering the bottom of the cat.  As
> best as
> > I can trace out it is the junction of the cylinder and the block.
> >
> > My question is: Are there any bobby-traps I need to be aware of
> or is
> > the replacement of the gasket as straight forward as my Clymers
> shows
> > it to be.
> >
> > And "Yes" I checked the FAQ's but was unable to locate anything
> > pertaining to this.
> >
> > BTW I am copying Brian Curry as the list master seems to think I
> have
> > been invaded by the dreaded "8-bit" monster.  Consequently this
> may
> > come to you through Brian.  TIA
> >
> > =====
> > Jim"low rider"King - Hickory, NC
> > '86 K75 - "Tweety Bird"  (named by my lovely grand-daughter,
> thank you!)
> > '96 R1100GS  - Sam Too
> > We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old BECAUSE we
> stop
> playing.        Never be the first to grow old!
> > LPR#58  OBIWAN #37
> 
> 
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Jim"low rider"King - Hickory, NC
'86 K75 - "Tweety Bird"  (named by my lovely grand-daughter, thank you!)
'96 R1100GS  - Sam Too
We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old BECAUSE we stop playing.        Never be the first to grow old!
LPR#58  OBIWAN #37

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