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Laverda Bomber Casual Dubber

43 posts · joined Sep 2009 ·

#906949
77 2L Campmobile which ive owned for 2 and a half years dropped all its oil today.
I bump started it down my drive and then drove it straight away without warming it up and the oil started dropping about 400m later.
It was a km or so later before the oil light came on.
When i pulled up it was running a bit load but no horible knocks and after turning it off the oil was right on the bottom of the stick.
Towed it home, pushed it into the shed, jacked it up and pulled the lower engine shrouds off.
Heaps more oil around the lhs but nothing obvious.
No obvious signs of problems around the pushrod shafts.
Any ideas?
Regards
Bomber

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#906956
My guess, either popped an oil gallery welsh plug (more likely if it's a type 4 engine) or an oil filter seal.
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Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it

4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#906963
Oil cooler seal?

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#906966
maybe oil pressure switch
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#907005
Wherever it's leaking from, pushrods - plug - oil cooler - oil sender, you should be able to tell by a trail of fresh oil running down the engine.

If you can't see where it's coming from due to be very dirty and oily then maybe jet wash most the crud off, let it dry and then fill with oil to see where it's coming from. Losing that much oil means it won't have managed to somehow reseal itself.
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homer Seriously Crusin Dubber

114 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#907017
rear main seal?

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#907166
lost all your oil eh? sure its not hiding inside the rocker covers 😂

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grumble Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,672 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#907167
matberry wrote:My guess, either popped an oil gallery welsh plug (more likely if it's a type 4 engine) or an oil filter seal.
I am with Matt,oil gallery plug.