Topic: Double nut technique for studs?

[cakey]

 Just wanted to thank everyone for advice and assistance on this. It's all done and finished and having another look at the position of those studs I can see why you would get the oil leak into the spark plug area. I think you guys saved me a lot of heartache down the track letting me know about the sealant.

Very much appreciated.

[MCRider]

When it happened to me it was a real eye-opener. I couldn't figure for the life of me where the oil was coming from. It would emerge on about the 3rd fin halfway between the rocker box gasket and the head gasket. So it couldn't be either one of those. I thought it was the pucks and since I had the APE frame rail kit I replaced those, to no avail.

I finally on a whim looked in between the fins with a flashlight while it was running and could actually see oil drops forming and dripping off the botttom of the the stud holes. So that answered the question. But I had lots of other issues too, and shortly after that it got parked, so I never fixed it.

However, my current project is nearing completion and I know more now.

[City Boy]

Hi gang.Would it be safe to assume that the tower cap bolts opposite the studs would be subject to the same issue and should have sealer applied also?         Rock On

[MCRider]

Hi gang.Would it be safe to assume that the tower cap bolts opposite the studs would be subject to the same issue and should have sealer applied also?         Rock On

No. The 4 bolts on the intake side thread into blind holes, no way for them to leak.