Oil leak

Rckt

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Am a new tenere owner and after reading the threads about the CCT failure had it replaced with oem part but after riding it I’ve got a reasonable oil leak,any idea what they’ve done wrong,have contacted them and there happy to sort it but was wondering what could be the cause ,
 

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1) It's not a Harley, so NO leak is reasonable. 2) My 32 year old FJ doesn't leak. 3) They screwed up a seal somewhere. 4) They had better be happy to fix it.
 

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The CCT has a gasket itself, which could be leaking. It's common to remove the right side cover when installing a CCT so you can release the pre-compressed CCT upon installation. That gasket often comes off in one piece and is not replaced, but is also seldom a leak location. Some techs will remove the valve cover to do a CCT install, which is not unreasonable, but the valve cover gasket is a pain in the butt to get in correctly and easy to crimp/pinch during installation of the valve cover. Odds are good that your oil leak is from the valve cover gasket if you can't see obvious leakage from the right side cover over the clutch, etc. The CCT is also on the right side of the engine, and just visible, so also something you should be able to trace fluid back to, if it were the origin.
 

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Start running your finger around and see where it comes up with fresh oil. Feel upward from there till there's no more fresh oil.
 

Rckt

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Thanks guys.Got it back to the installers who were most apologetic.there explanation was the bleed screw on the CCT hadn’t been seated properly from the factory as it’s an oem part they didn’t notice as it was preprimed,so all good .Time will tell.
 
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