29-03-2022, 11:04 AM
Charles, I had what appeared many leaks once I started using Ruby regularly, after much chasing including replacing sump gasket, I found that the main culprit was the dynamo joint.
I simply hadn't realised just how loose the joint was. This was found by "accident" when I had to remove the dynamo after it had failed, the screws were no more than finger tight. The oil from that joint ran all around the block to crankcase and generally spread itself to the four corners liberally filling the oil tray in the garage.... Having replaced the repaired dynamo with new gasket and with suitable goo and regularly checking the tightness of the fixings, the engine is, at the time of writing, pretty leak tight with the one exception of the fuel pump.
Hedd Jones gave good feedback on leaks from the fuel pump but due to my continuing + covid test results and feeling pretty crap, have not yet resolved that issue.
I have sourced a set of 1 litre plastic bottles and will take a number with me, I had thought a couple might suffice but never having ventured out on anything like this........ nerves are jangling!!
I simply hadn't realised just how loose the joint was. This was found by "accident" when I had to remove the dynamo after it had failed, the screws were no more than finger tight. The oil from that joint ran all around the block to crankcase and generally spread itself to the four corners liberally filling the oil tray in the garage.... Having replaced the repaired dynamo with new gasket and with suitable goo and regularly checking the tightness of the fixings, the engine is, at the time of writing, pretty leak tight with the one exception of the fuel pump.
Hedd Jones gave good feedback on leaks from the fuel pump but due to my continuing + covid test results and feeling pretty crap, have not yet resolved that issue.
I have sourced a set of 1 litre plastic bottles and will take a number with me, I had thought a couple might suffice but never having ventured out on anything like this........ nerves are jangling!!