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Well, I found one explanation for how Honda sells this bike for so cheap. So, I'm looking under the engine, admiring my new motorcycle, and I notice grey silicone sealant squeezing out from between the engine case halves. I could peelit right off with my fingers. Honda used no freaking gasket, just silcone all the way around, from the front of the case, near the base of the cylinder head, underneath, and back up the rear, above the starter motor and back to the rear of the cylinder head. There is excess silcone oozing out almost all the way around. I really cannot believe this was meant to be assembled like this!
It is common knowledge that using only silcone to seal anything that vibrates and is related to sealing oil is a no-no. Silicone does not fret well at all, and the seal will eventually fail. I've already seen a post where someone went out to his bike to find a puddle of oil under the engine. Far worse, visible silicone oozing on the outside means there is most likely silicone oozing inside the engine. This forms anything from thin strips of silicone to large chunks of silicone on the inside, just waiting to eventually break free, circulate in the oil, then be sent to some tiny oil jet or passage to clog it, causing catastrophic engine failure. it is not uncommon to see that in engines assembled using silicone.
I simply can't believe Honda meant to assemble all the bikes like this. I also notice each of the two halves of the engine cases on the bottom has a "B" hand-written in blue ink. Between that "grafitti" and the silicone, I am beginning to think perhaps I bought a bike which was manufactured on a Monday or a Friday, if you catch my drift. Can any others in this community see evidence of grey silicone seepage on your engine case halves? I don't have my Helm service manual yet, but does anybody know if this engine has at least an oil strainer on the end of the oil pickup before it goes to the pump? Man, it better, if Honda used silicone on all of them, especially after seeing the post on the butched oil filter seal someone discovered during his first oil change.
It is common knowledge that using only silcone to seal anything that vibrates and is related to sealing oil is a no-no. Silicone does not fret well at all, and the seal will eventually fail. I've already seen a post where someone went out to his bike to find a puddle of oil under the engine. Far worse, visible silicone oozing on the outside means there is most likely silicone oozing inside the engine. This forms anything from thin strips of silicone to large chunks of silicone on the inside, just waiting to eventually break free, circulate in the oil, then be sent to some tiny oil jet or passage to clog it, causing catastrophic engine failure. it is not uncommon to see that in engines assembled using silicone.
I simply can't believe Honda meant to assemble all the bikes like this. I also notice each of the two halves of the engine cases on the bottom has a "B" hand-written in blue ink. Between that "grafitti" and the silicone, I am beginning to think perhaps I bought a bike which was manufactured on a Monday or a Friday, if you catch my drift. Can any others in this community see evidence of grey silicone seepage on your engine case halves? I don't have my Helm service manual yet, but does anybody know if this engine has at least an oil strainer on the end of the oil pickup before it goes to the pump? Man, it better, if Honda used silicone on all of them, especially after seeing the post on the butched oil filter seal someone discovered during his first oil change.