Willybul Posted August 15, 2019 Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 Hi , my lobito mk4 has been in the garden awaiting and engine to go back in . Meanwhile without having done anything apart from drain the oil taken the springs out to check them and replaced the oil , one of the forks is spewing out oil from the dust cover even when the bike is not being moved ? Any ideas ? Could be due to heat . It's pretty hot here in Mallorca. Any help ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnjsy Posted August 15, 2019 Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 Hi Will, rather a strange one ! Not something silly like putting all the oil in one leg by mistake ? Did you drain the old oil into separate containers ? More or less the same amount in both ? I am thinking maybe a bit of blockage, not all the old oil drained from the problem leg. Anyone else out there with any interesting thoughts ? ......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted August 15, 2019 Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 It's the heat as you suspected, crack the top and let the pressure out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willybul Posted August 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 Oh so the seals are ok ? Was strange as it was all fine till I changed the oil . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feetupfun Posted August 15, 2019 Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Willybul said: Oh so the seals are ok ? Was strange as it was all fine till I changed the oil . No if the seal leaks as you describe it probably needs replacing. It may have been leaking before you got the bike. If so, it would have lost some of the fork oil via the leaking and once the oil level gets low enough it stops coming out the seal. When you changed the oil, the level was then high enough to be above the seal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willybul Posted August 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 Any recommendations on where to buy spare seals ? I've seen them quite cheap online . Are there specific ones for each set of forks ? Is it a hard job to change can a amateur do this kind of thing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 55 minutes ago, Willybul said: Any recommendations on where to buy spare seals ? I've seen them quite cheap online . Are there specific ones for each set of forks ? Is it a hard job to change can a amateur do this kind of thing ? Have you tried letting any pressure out ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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