mtraphagen
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Hello -- I'm hoping Paul Glaves or others with infinitely more knowledge and experience on these matters sees this...
I'm crossing the country on a 95 R1100RSL -- 2400 miles in, only 720 left to go for home.
This morning I went to start the bike and heard the noise -- the oil sight glass blew out. I found it in the motel parking lot and it's intact. I made a bit of a mess on the motel's asphalt.
I noticed a fresh oil drip was getting somewhat worse the past several days -- so this is entirely my fault for not investigating the sight glass before it launched itself.
I cleaned it up with brake kleen added a very tiny amount of silicone adhesive to the edge (couldn't find Loctite Black Max) and was prepared to tap it in with a 30mm socket I'd just purchased for the task. As Paul has referenced in a previous post, it didn't need a socket to go back in -- just surprisingly light thumb pressure was enough. Had I known it would go in so easily, I might have used slightly more adhesive.
So here is the question -- I have a new sight glass on the way to my house, 720 miles away... the old sight glass is back in and doesn't appear to be overtly leaking, but I haven't stressed it beyond starting it a few times and doing a very short road test.
Any opinions on whether I should finish the ride home on the bike or if it should finish inside of a UHaul? The decision and repercussions are mine, of course -- but would appreciate any input. Surely someone has had to push an old sight glass back in while traveling? Decision time is first thing Tuesday morning.
Thanks so much!
Mitch
I'm crossing the country on a 95 R1100RSL -- 2400 miles in, only 720 left to go for home.
This morning I went to start the bike and heard the noise -- the oil sight glass blew out. I found it in the motel parking lot and it's intact. I made a bit of a mess on the motel's asphalt.
I noticed a fresh oil drip was getting somewhat worse the past several days -- so this is entirely my fault for not investigating the sight glass before it launched itself.
I cleaned it up with brake kleen added a very tiny amount of silicone adhesive to the edge (couldn't find Loctite Black Max) and was prepared to tap it in with a 30mm socket I'd just purchased for the task. As Paul has referenced in a previous post, it didn't need a socket to go back in -- just surprisingly light thumb pressure was enough. Had I known it would go in so easily, I might have used slightly more adhesive.
So here is the question -- I have a new sight glass on the way to my house, 720 miles away... the old sight glass is back in and doesn't appear to be overtly leaking, but I haven't stressed it beyond starting it a few times and doing a very short road test.
Any opinions on whether I should finish the ride home on the bike or if it should finish inside of a UHaul? The decision and repercussions are mine, of course -- but would appreciate any input. Surely someone has had to push an old sight glass back in while traveling? Decision time is first thing Tuesday morning.
Thanks so much!
Mitch