Hi all,
First time poster, still need to introduce myself properly on the other thread.
The problem: I have an oil leak on my 2019 GT (19k km, I've had the bike from 12k km). Oil seems to be seeping from the area of the front right oil pan bolt, just by the oil level sight. There's, well, about a teaspoonās worth of oil seeping through over night.
I have the SW Motech bashplate (it attaches under some of the oil pan bolts), and had to remove the bashplate āholdersā while installing my new Leovince exhaust. While fitting the bashplate back on, I managed to strip the bolt mentioned. I installed an Helicoil (without removing the oil pan) and fitted the bolt back, torqued everything to spec. Discovering the leak I even overtorqued the bolt in case by 2-3 Nm, but that didn't stop the leak.
The question: what could be the culprit? I have used helicoils on other bikes before successfully, but maybe I botched it this time? Or is it possible I have damaged the oil pan gasket while installing the helicoil? I have an oil change coming and ordered a new gasket just in case, but decided to map other possible solutions before doing that, as it seems I would need to remove the exhaust I just installed to get the pan off. Any ideas? Thx.