Oil Filter Leak - Motorcycle-Journal Forums

andymetzger · 10-29-2006, 09:02 AM

I went to change my oil the other day and after draining all of the old oil and replacing the filter, I went to put the filter cover back on the bike. I know all bikes are different, but on mine, I have 3 small bolts coming out of the bike around the filter, and the filter cap has 3 holes in it for the bolts to go through, and then 3 acorn nuts to tighten it down and seal it shut. Well one of my acorn nuts was stripped, so I didn't put it back on, but I tightened the other ones tight enough to have a good seal, so I thought...That was a stupid mistake, should have known better. I figured I would not ride the bike, but just run some oil through it before getting that last nut. Well as soon as I started the bike up, oil came spewing out the front where the filter is. I lost all my oil and it was a big mess. So I went and got 3 new acorn nuts (because none of them were great), and when I was tightening them down, one bolt snapped! I ended up ordering 3 new bolts, installing those 3 days ago. So I had new bolts and acorn nuts, a great seal, added new oil, started the bike, and no oil to be found. Ran it around the block a few times, let it sit for a day, still no oil dropping. Yesterday I cranked her up, and oil starts leaking, at a pretty good pace, from the filter again! I grabbed a wrench and was able to tighten the acorn nuts a little more on each, but I'm not sure if that's the problem. It still seemed to be leaking slowly from there. What's going on?! I know the bike is 24 years old, but I can't figure it out. Need help...