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All 650Rs Oil leak
- Thread starter Jamie Franklin
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I’ll make sure they replace the pump, thank you for the advice!
Hello.
Sorry to know you have the infamous oil leak.
What you show on the images is a very small leak and won’t be enough to cause your oil level to drop, 2 or 3 drops of oil are enough to cause this but not drop the level fast.
Probably you are measuring the level the wrong way. Don´t worry about riding the bike. Just go to your dealer and show them the leak and ask for a pump replacement. In the meantime, you can ride it with no issues. That is a minor leak.
No, the oil leak tends to migrate through the sump sealing line, because oil finds it as a progression barrier ans travels throug it.
Mine was the same.
Agree with the fact that replacing the fitting O-ring doesn’t fix it.
Disagree on the affirmation that the pump replacement will (absolutly) solve it. Many, including me, didn´t had it fixed with the pump replacement!
Seems that the pumps in stock, have a similar failure rate than the ones fitted on the bikes.
I don´t know what to say about this and other coolant pumps quality. I tested the new Honda Transalp, the engine cover was covered in blue gunk (dry coolant), recently saw in a show room a new CB1000R with a dry blue puddle beneath it! A close friend 2022 CB500X is also leaking oil as ours!
What is wrong with this Honda?!
Make sure you’re checking the oil with the bike level - I doubt it would leak so bad to be bone dry unless you were riding hard like this for 5k miles or more without topping off, but yeah looks to be the same issue. I also had it on my 2022 CBR650R. I ended up trading the bike for a Ninja 1000SX because I thought it was absurd Honda hasn’t fixed this issue for years and probably never will. I was able to trade the bike in, with the oil leak, at the same dealership I bought it at with no issues, they were aware of the problem and still gave me the fair value price. The N1k obviously makes more power than the CBR650R but I do miss the bike a lot because I’d done a lot of work to it to make it mine. I’ll probably never buy another Honda again after dealing with this whole situation.
- Mar 15, 2023
- Riding Since
- 2016
Sup y’all!
Interesting reading this tread. I have a 2015 CB650F with 70k km and with the infamous droplet of oil. Living with it, but this will be my last Honda.
Interesting reading this tread. I have a 2015 CB650F with 70k km and with the infamous droplet of oil. Living with it, but this will be my last Honda.
Do you expect others will do better?! Hmm, not sure they do.
It’s your choice to swear off Honda but just to be clear the “infamous” droplet of oil due to a poor water pump connection is a ‘19+ phenomenon and normally doesn’t affect the 14-18 models.
With 70k km, or like 45,000 miles, on an almost 10 year old bike I’d say an easy to change water pump is a minor repair, and hardly indicative of a massive issue. My ‘16 Silverado with 105,000 miles on it just needed an alternator that i installed last week, I wouldn’t not buy a Chevy because of that. Waterpumps, alternators (or stators), tires, shocks, bearings, bushings and brakes are all pretty much wear parts.
But that’s your call to make.
What I experience, for the 2nd time, is not a fitting leak. It's a pump shaft seal leak. I was able to confirm that the oil is comming from the weep hole. But in the replacement pump, the leak is really minor. I can only see the bottom pump screw is oily. Nothing major. Apart from that, the bike has been totally fine after 29kkm.
- Mar 15, 2023
- Riding Since
- 2016
Maybe it is just an excuse to try the mt09 😅
You don’t need an excuse to ride a CP3 Yamaha. Just know, though, you’ll buy one after, just be prepared for that. I don’t think there is a much better engine in motorcycling. Probably ever.