leaking oil

[dan4011]

everytime i ride my bike i come back and see oil that has leaked out of the place where to pipe mounts to the engine, its not loose (its the part of the pipe held on with the springs, i need 2 no what 2 do to fix this, becouse it gets annoying having 2 clean up the oil.
i have some high temp exhost hole reapair stuff that might work, but i dont know if thats too good an idea...
any help epriciated

 

[Senior KX Rider]

That oils proper name would be spooge. Its a jetting thing. Do a search and you will find a lot of info. Also look here CARB TUNING

 

[dan4011]

well i did a little research and found that i am probably running too rich of a jet. is it too hard to put a different jet on, how would i know the size i have on it now, and which jet would i change.
also, could it be that i am leaking transmission fluid into the engine, becouse i loose some oil everytime i ride and i have to keep filling it up, what could be the problem here.
lol, everythings going wrong on my bike, it was the fork seals a few weeks back...

 

[Senior KX Rider]

If you are losing transmission oil every time you ride it is likely you have a right side crank seal that is leaking. Jetting will not take care of the problem. The link I posted to eric gorrs website gives detailed instructions for jetting all the carb circuits. Good reading

 

[Senior KX Rider]

The carb jets are all stamped with a number that tells their size. Changing jets is pretty simple.

 

[uts]

Jetting or crank seal problems, either way the spooge shouldn't leak out of that joint. You should seal it up with an exhaust sealant of some kind, but it sure sounds like a bad crank seal.

 

[dan4011]

is having a bad crank seal abig problem, also whats it mean if your transmission fluid becomes grey colored and leakes out of the tube coming out of the cases (a black tube) im guessing it cant be too good

 

[dan4011]

ive also heard of ppl using there spark plugs to help them jet the bike correctly, whiter plug being to lean and a darker oily color being too rich, and it should be in the brownish dark grey region.
is this right