Found the leak, but whats this bit called?

[Blakeatron]

Plucked up the courage to do the service, found a lot of oil in the belly pan - degreased and cleaned everything, took it for a spin and the leak is definitely coming from here.
Above my skills, but so i don't sound like an idiot at the garage is this just the engine cover?

2005 honda fireblade



Its on the right hand side, definately not the clutch casing - looks to be the pipe in the top

[Jazoli]

Its the generator/stator cover isn't it?, the pipe going into the top will probably be part of the wiring loom.

[V1nce Fox]

Stator cover.
Top bit is the 3 AC wires coming out that end up in the reg/reg.

[Steve Bass]

The stator doesn't run in oil, so if it's definitely coming from there, it'll be leaking past the crank seal into the stator housing.

Pop the cover off and have a good poke around....

[Blakeatron]

So if i take the cover off i wont get covered in oil?

[Drezza]

Blakeatron said:

So if i take the cover off i wont get covered in oil?

There shouldn't be any oil in there.. it's the generator.

[trickywoo]

Drezza said:

Blakeatron said:

So if i take the cover off i wont get covered in oil?

There shouldn't be any oil in there.. it's the generator.

If you don’t have oil in there you have a much bigger problem than if you do.

[Blakeatron]

trickywoo said:

If you don’t have oil in there you have a much bigger problem than if you do.

Now im getting confused, so there is oil in there?!

[the tribester]

I thought Fireblade stators ran in engine oil.

[trickywoo]

Blakeatron said:

Now im getting confused, so there is oil in there?!

There absolutely is oil in there.

If you take the case off a new gasket would be a good idea as you may fix one problem and create another.

[Blakeatron]

trickywoo said:

There absolutely is oil in there.

If you take the case off a new gasket would be a good idea as you may fix one problem and create another.

Thanks! Will order a gasket and take it off - does appear to be coming out of where the cable goes in though

[Steve Bass]

trickywoo said:

Blakeatron said:

Now im getting confused, so there is oil in there?!

There absolutely is oil in there.

If you take the case off a new gasket would be a good idea as you may fix one problem and create another.

well, you learn something new every day..

But the exit aperture for the generator AC wires doesn't look like a seal type??

[anonymous-user]

Blakeatron said:

Thanks! Will order a gasket and take it off - does appear to be coming out of where the cable goes in though

New gasket, plus some liquid gasket where the cable goes through the cover should see it sorted.

[Blakeatron]

tom2502 said:

New gasket, plus some liquid gasket where the cable goes through the cover should see it sorted.

So there are aftermarket gaskets - lead time of 8weeks or so, put it looks like most people use a liquid gasket for the whole thing.

Not managed to find a uk supplier yet

[czerwiec]

Blakeatron said:

tom2502 said:

New gasket, plus some liquid gasket where the cable goes through the cover should see it sorted.

So there are aftermarket gaskets - lead time of 8weeks or so, put it looks like most people use a liquid gasket for the whole thing.

Not managed to find a uk supplier yet

Owner of CBR600rr here, yes there is oil inside the stator cover, there is no need for an aftermarket gasket, use this instead:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/350-C-High-Temperature-...

[anonymous-user]

Steve Bass said:

But the exit aperture for the generator AC wires doesn't look like a seal type??

Normally the wiring will be in a moulded rubber mount that has grooves the cover slides into. Common that the rubber goes hard, so a (very small) bead of RTV helps too.

[Drezza]

Apologies! Never seen a generator/ stator run in oil before! Consider myself told.

[ar-em-en]

Blakeatron said:

tom2502 said:

New gasket, plus some liquid gasket where the cable goes through the cover should see it sorted.

So there are aftermarket gaskets - lead time of 8weeks or so, put it looks like most people use a liquid gasket for the whole thing.

Not managed to find a uk supplier yet

My 600rr didnt have an actual gasket and the manual recommended 'hondabond' liquid gasket.

Threebond 1207b is apparently identical just branded differently.

https://www.techsil.co.uk/threebond-1207b-100g

[carinaman]

Drezza said:

Apologies! Never seen a generator/ stator run in oil before! Consider myself told.

I wasn't aware of that either so I've learnt something new today too.