[Dexter]

Over on the other RE forum, a fellow posted this pic of an oil leak he has on a brand new Super Meteor. Leaking on day 1 apparently.

Now, I don't have a 650 engine to look at and I don't know about the oil leak, but my question is, does every 650 engine come with this amount of excess silicone sealant around every seam of the crankcases, as he claims to have on his bike? This shot is of the area under the front sprocket cover.

My 350 Meteor has no sign of sealant forced from joints at all.

[lavrentyuk]

Mine neither leaks oil nor does it have excessive sealant anywhere.

[Voun]

Same for me

[JessHerbst]

2022 GT, no leaks, no excess sealant.

[mwmosser]

Over on the other RE forum, a fellow posted this pic of an oil leak he has on a brand new Super Meteor. Leaking on day 1 apparently.

Now, I don't have a 650 engine to look at and I don't know about the oil leak, but my question is, does every 650 engine come with this amount of excess silicone sealant around every seam of the crankcases, as he claims to have on his bike? This shot is of the area under the front sprocket cover.

My 350 Meteor has no sign of sealant forced from joints at all.

My 2019 Interceptor has some sealant but nothing to this extent. From the VIN, I think mine was one of the first batch made/imported in to the US.

[Luma46]

Over on the other RE forum, a fellow posted this pic of an oil leak he has on a brand new Super Meteor. Leaking on day 1 apparently.

Now, I don't have a 650 engine to look at and I don't know about the oil leak, but my question is, does every 650 engine come with this amount of excess silicone sealant around every seam of the crankcases, as he claims to have on his bike? This shot is of the area under the front sprocket cover.

My 350 Meteor has no sign of sealant forced from joints at all.

My Int650 has some sealant visible on pretty much all engine seams. Not excessive thou.

[Island Rider]

Over on the other RE forum, a fellow posted this pic of an oil leak he has on a brand new Super Meteor. Leaking on day 1 apparently.

Now, I don't have a 650 engine to look at and I don't know about the oil leak, but my question is, does every 650 engine come with this amount of excess silicone sealant around every seam of the crankcases, as he claims to have on his bike? This shot is of the area under the front sprocket cover.

My 350 Meteor has no sign of sealant forced from joints at all.

Mine has no leaks and no excess sealant.

[whippers]

No

[Dexter]

Thanks to all for your replies. I thought this was an excessive use of sealant and it was either a newby working on the assembly line, or the quality control department is asleep on the line. Makes me wonder how much is on the inside and would any of it end up in the sump?

[iblastoff]

i have a bit of excessive sealant on my 2nd gt650. nothing major but not very clean either.

i also made a post asking if it was normal (heres mine)

https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php?topic=32002.msg387990#msg387990