Here are the pics:
And here is a close-up:
So as you can probably see from the photos, my engine seems to be leaking near the 3 bolts on the left side. It appears to be an oil/fuel mix, and if you look at the close up it seems like the gasket is coming out?
Anyways, here is the back story. The bike is a 2000 Ninja 250. It only had 384 miles on it when my wife stopped riding it in 2001. It sat with the original fuel (93 octane most likely) in the tank until about a month ago.
About a month ago my wife took it out and tried starting it. She said it actually started and ran for about a minute, stopped and then would turn over but wouldn't start. I opened up the tank and showed her all of the rust inside. She showed interest in riding again, so I spent the time tearing the bike apart, I cleaned the tank, rebuilt the carbs, new spark plugs, new oil filter, new oil, put everything back together added fresh gas and it started right up.
Everything seemed to be running perfectly. Took it for a drive, the oil light never came on, the engine gauge never got above 50%. I drove about 15 miles total, came back and parked it for the night. Didn't see any leaks or anything.
Came out the next day and tried to start it, it just went click (once) and wouldn't turn over. Thought the battery might be dead, threw it on the charger and it was at 98% charged. So I pushed the bike, threw it in first and it turned (a little, the bike is light so the wheels tend to skid in 1st). Tried starting again, it started right up. I drove it for another 5 miles or so, parked the bike again for the night.
Came out the next day and tried to start it, same thing. Wouldn't turn over. I tried going forward and couldn't get it to turn, so I tried backwards thinking maybe the piston needs to come down first to get some more oil on it. Next thing I know I see a trail of gas leaking all over the place. So I looked around and it appears that somehow the hose going from the air box to the top of the engine came loose (I'm guessing it's the hose that provides positive pressure to the crankcase?).
Anyways, gas was leaking from somewhere around there. Couldn't pinpoint it exactly, but I hooked the hose back up and tried starting again and heard a loud clank, then nothing. Next thing I see is this oil/fuel mixture leaking all over the place from the left side of the engine.
So my question is - how bad is it? The bike only had 405 miles on the engine, that's really going to suck if it's trashed now...
I'm not a certified mechanic, but I am a DIY'r and can usually fumble my way thru things...
Thanks for any help!
And here is a close-up:
So as you can probably see from the photos, my engine seems to be leaking near the 3 bolts on the left side. It appears to be an oil/fuel mix, and if you look at the close up it seems like the gasket is coming out?
Anyways, here is the back story. The bike is a 2000 Ninja 250. It only had 384 miles on it when my wife stopped riding it in 2001. It sat with the original fuel (93 octane most likely) in the tank until about a month ago.
About a month ago my wife took it out and tried starting it. She said it actually started and ran for about a minute, stopped and then would turn over but wouldn't start. I opened up the tank and showed her all of the rust inside. She showed interest in riding again, so I spent the time tearing the bike apart, I cleaned the tank, rebuilt the carbs, new spark plugs, new oil filter, new oil, put everything back together added fresh gas and it started right up.
Everything seemed to be running perfectly. Took it for a drive, the oil light never came on, the engine gauge never got above 50%. I drove about 15 miles total, came back and parked it for the night. Didn't see any leaks or anything.
Came out the next day and tried to start it, it just went click (once) and wouldn't turn over. Thought the battery might be dead, threw it on the charger and it was at 98% charged. So I pushed the bike, threw it in first and it turned (a little, the bike is light so the wheels tend to skid in 1st). Tried starting again, it started right up. I drove it for another 5 miles or so, parked the bike again for the night.
Came out the next day and tried to start it, same thing. Wouldn't turn over. I tried going forward and couldn't get it to turn, so I tried backwards thinking maybe the piston needs to come down first to get some more oil on it. Next thing I know I see a trail of gas leaking all over the place. So I looked around and it appears that somehow the hose going from the air box to the top of the engine came loose (I'm guessing it's the hose that provides positive pressure to the crankcase?).
Anyways, gas was leaking from somewhere around there. Couldn't pinpoint it exactly, but I hooked the hose back up and tried starting again and heard a loud clank, then nothing. Next thing I see is this oil/fuel mixture leaking all over the place from the left side of the engine.
So my question is - how bad is it? The bike only had 405 miles on the engine, that's really going to suck if it's trashed now...
I'm not a certified mechanic, but I am a DIY'r and can usually fumble my way thru things...
Thanks for any help!