No I didn't..By the way glad to here from you again...You helped me out last time around..lol...Is that slit in the hose there for a reason or is it just a pipe dream???I definitely gotta take a closer look...Not much room without taking some of the front of the machine apart...Thank you again...

John

 

Gonna look into that and maybe check the torque on the cover bolts...just tryin to eliminate possibilities ya know...

John

 

your right that hose is a pain but that hose gets saturated with oil and it starts leaking from that slit and runs along the hose down to the breather on the valve cover and it drips right there i'm almost sure if you replace that hose and clean that area up it will fix your leak

 

If I replace the breather hose with a piece with no slit do I take a chance of causing a problem??I really doubt it...Gonna dig into it 2morrow...thanks...

John

 

Just wanted to update on my oil leak...Finally got around to tearing machine apart and replacing valve cover gasket...That's what I narrowed it down to...Also had a bad water pump cover gasket leak to, put new one on as well, torqued all bolts to spec and all seems well..Oh yea, threw on a new drive belt too and glad I did...Original belt was gettin cracks in it..Gonna carry it with me on rides as a spare...Flushed coolant too...No leaks so far...

John

 

was yours showing little air bubbles and dripping onto the y pipe on the exhaust... I have one of those gaskets on order... think I have the same issue on my 02 700

 

I really don't remember the air bubbles but it was dripping down on to the header pipe..Let us know how you make out..Sorry I don't recall the specifics, that was almost 2 yrs. ago I think...

John