apex leaking motor oil

[Bobby]

well im starting a fever like i do every year around this time and decided to take a look at her and do some maitenance
work when i noticed a small pool of oïl wtf... im trying to see where it s comming from but cant find anything. looks like maybee that hose
underneeth that oïl can reserve but not shure. any heads up ?

thanks bobby

 

[YammyRX1]

Can this be spillage from oil/filter change at end of last season?

 

[thor452]

oil tank cracked?Common failer

 

[Bobby]

nope no oïl change at end of season and
oïl tank seems fine . ill be changing bushings and shocks soon so i hope to find the leakage at the same time . im just woried that it can be craked engine but that cant be ... right???

 

[trailhed1]

Probably Cracked Oil Tank.
X2 on what thor said.

 

[Bobby]

ill take a better look but im pretty shure .

the leak seems to be comming after the tank .

that hose Underneath the tank seems suspicious

thx

 

[RTX]

Im betting its the oil tank too.
Simetimes real hard to see the cracks but i bet its the tank.
Take the panels off. Spray it down with some brake cleaner and look at it 24 hours later. Should be easy to find

 

[tphinn]

I couldn't see the crack in mine until I pushed and pulled on the tank a little

 

[APEX 06]

oil tank cracked?Common failer

X2 put dry in the oil tank and it will show itself to you. Run a rag along the bottom of the tank.

 

[Bobby]

ok ill try that first thing tomorow after work

thx

 

[DigitalFusion]

yup, x10 what these guys said. I think I have nearly the entire bottom half of my oil tank JB welded just to try and stop the leaks. Even if you cant see a crack they seem to weep oil from the tiniest holes in the castings.

 

[Snowmobileaddict]

I had a similar discovery this summer.

My tank was cracked after 7800 miles. It was a very small hairline crack on the backside of the tank. It was hard to find becuase the oil would weep out drip down the tank to the drain hose and then onto the foam of the sidecover and then onto the garage floor.

Lucky enough for me I found a mint condish take-off tank on fleabay for $25 shipped.

I sure wish someone like MPI would market their awesome welded oil tanks from their supercharger kits as a standalone upgrade for the turd of an oil tank Yamaha ships with their RX/Apex type models.

 

[Bobby]

just got back from work and checked out the oil tank for leaks after cleaning it out whith b cleaner last nite and well well what do u know i found a hair line size fracture whith oil leaking out lol .

thanks guys ... so jb weld will do the trick i hear??

 

[RTX]

you could clean it up and jb weld it if you choose to.
personally I would replace the tank.

I am a HUGE fan of jb weld. I have used it 2 different times to fix my heat exchangers.
My patch up has lasted 5 years so far.
And used it on my buddy's sleds to fix their heat exchangers.
Its a great product but I don't feel it is the proper repair for this problem.
If your oil tank breaks and you lose your oil, its probably going to cost you a motor by the time you figure out it.
if your heat exchanger fails the temp light comes on and you shut it down with a much lower chance of destroying the motor.
obviously it could still happen, but the odds are a little bit more in your favor on a heat exchanger.
just my opinion.

 

[APEX 06]

you could clean it up and jb weld it if you choose to.
personally I would replace the tank.

I am a HUGE fan of jb weld. I have used it 2 different times to fix my heat exchangers.
My patch up has lasted 5 years so far.
And used it on my buddy's sleds to fix their heat exchangers.
Its a great product but I don't feel it is the proper repair for this problem.
If your oil tank breaks and you lose your oil, its probably going to cost you a motor by the time you figure out it.
if your heat exchanger fails the temp light comes on and you shut it down with a much lower chance of destroying the motor.
obviously it could still happen, but the odds are a little bit more in your favor on a heat exchanger.
just my opinion.

X2