Good Afternoon All, I have a new 2015 Triumph Explorer XC with about 3K miles on it now, two weeks ago I was riding and my left foot had oil on it. I looked under the bike and it was covered in oil. I took Ii into my local Triumph dealer and they said the crankcase has a plug in it from the factory that was leaking so they said they were going to seal it. wow 3 tries later ,tearing the bike down they said it was fixed. I was a bit shocked at it be sealed up they said this plug would never need to be accessed, it must be there for a reason. Got the bike back Thursday and today I went for a 200 mile ride, guess what there fix with Rectorseal5 is not working, she leaks again. Any thoughts on this leak, now it has to go back once again, I think the case should be replaced by Triumph. I would appreciate any thoughts headed my way. Thanks Gary,Jacksonville,Fl
2015 Triumph Explorer Oil Leak
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Welcome to the forum, and sorry to hear about your problem on your new explorer, I don't know about your bike and can't visualise where the plug is, but it's pretty obvious that something is clearly not right with your bike.
Hopefully your dealer will take the correct action to put this right, oil and the rear tyre don't really go well together.
Hope that you'll get it sorted and soon.
Just looked on the website for the product that they've used to seal the leak and this is the discription of what it's used for.
RectorSeal® No. 5® pipe thread sealant is a soft-set, slow drying compound which seals, lubricates, and protects threaded pipe and fittings. It can be pressurized immediately for piping up through 2″ and 100 psi(for natural gas, air and water only) and is ideal for application with a wide variety of fluids and gases, including potable water applications. Recommended for use on threaded galvanized steel, iron, brass, copper, aluminum, stainless steel, polyethylene, fiberglass reinforced and PVC pipe.Not recommended for use with ABS,CPVC pipe or oxygen, chlorine and other oxidizers.
I could be wrong here, but it doesn't look like it should be used on motorbike engines, it seems like something a plumber would use. ( We don't have this in the UK ) If anything this would be better
Hylomar
but to be honest you shouldn't have to do this on a bike that's only 3 months old
Hopefully your dealer will take the correct action to put this right, oil and the rear tyre don't really go well together.
Hope that you'll get it sorted and soon.
Just looked on the website for the product that they've used to seal the leak and this is the discription of what it's used for.
RectorSeal® No. 5® pipe thread sealant is a soft-set, slow drying compound which seals, lubricates, and protects threaded pipe and fittings. It can be pressurized immediately for piping up through 2″ and 100 psi(for natural gas, air and water only) and is ideal for application with a wide variety of fluids and gases, including potable water applications. Recommended for use on threaded galvanized steel, iron, brass, copper, aluminum, stainless steel, polyethylene, fiberglass reinforced and PVC pipe.Not recommended for use with ABS,CPVC pipe or oxygen, chlorine and other oxidizers.
I could be wrong here, but it doesn't look like it should be used on motorbike engines, it seems like something a plumber would use. ( We don't have this in the UK ) If anything this would be better
Hylomar
but to be honest you shouldn't have to do this on a bike that's only 3 months old
I agree, something ain't right. A bike that new shouldn't have that issue. Hopefully the dealer will get it right ASAP.
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