Everyone check g4 for oil leaking

turboetech · Oct 20, 2018

Had my hood off and doing some work on my 850 and found a huge oil slick running down front of block by rave valves and around pto cylinder making a huge mess...... dealer replaced rave base gasket under warrenty.... the gasket was torn.... point is I never noticed the leak without removing the hood and inspecting

turboetech · Oct 20, 2018

Dealer also said they have done quit a few already with this leak..... may explain why these 850s use lots of oil

donbrownz · Oct 21, 2018

Where does the oil leave the chassis? Could cardboard layed under the sled show where the oil came from? Will the leak show up at idle? Then tear down the sled to confirm? What was oil consumption before and after the fix?

mountainsledmania · Oct 21, 2018

Pictures? so everyone can see

dooin800 · Oct 21, 2018

mine was coming out of the y pipe, I took mine off and drained the oil out of the pipe in a jug. I was surprised how much came out. Had to put a rag in the y pipe to stop it from dripping while I had the pipe off.

turboetech · Oct 21, 2018

There are 2 oil lines feeding the top of the rave valves one of mine was leaking and the gasket between cylinders and rave was torn..... take your hood off and look the leak can’t be missed if it’s leaking

Dmf · Oct 22, 2018

turboetech said:
There are 2 oil lines feeding the top of the rave valves one of mine was leaking and the gasket between cylinders and rave was torn..... take your hood off and look the leak can’t be missed if it’s leaking

Could also be coming from the rave valve seals....

turboetech · Oct 22, 2018

Dmf said:
Could also be coming from the rave valve seals....

Yup sure could but mine was not..... loose hose clamp on pto side and gasket leak....

FastFarmer · Nov 2, 2018

Mine had oil all over the place..might have been rolled off the truck in the crate...

turboetech · Nov 2, 2018

Mine has been rolled many times in the snow and no oil ever leaked out of it..... this is a warrenty issue rave fittings and gasket leaking oil... just a heads up to check the 850s out I only noticed mine when I had hood off installing a silber kit

Ramjet15x · Nov 2, 2018

Mine brand new, only ran from dealer into Quonset and back to garage , 10” puddle underneath of jet black oil?
will check in am

snopro · Nov 2, 2018

Ramjet15x said:
Mine brand new, only ran from dealer into Quonset and back to garage , 10” puddle underneath of jet black oil?
will check in am

Black oil means burned through the engine. It will clean up if it is coming from the y pipe doughnut. They seem to need to go through a good heat cycle to seal properly for some reason?

Ramjet15x · Nov 2, 2018

Yep, agreed, hope your right

Ramjet15x · Nov 3, 2018

Went for a tour in the stubble here, cleaned up oil, smoked like a chimney, sprayed it down with cleaner, go for another putt putt Sunday

Ramjet15x · Nov 6, 2018

It appears the exhaust donut is leaking

turboetech · Nov 6, 2018

Prob just needs some good heat cycles and it will seat in.....

skegpro · Nov 7, 2018

FastFarmer said:
Mine had oil all over the place..might have been rolled off the truck in the crate...

Isolated problem.
Only 3/1 people are experiencing any issues.

Vipertonytro · Nov 7, 2018

My new 19 had a black gooey puddle under it after unloading from dealer. Pulled hood for front bumper and belly pan install. There was a huge sticker of some sort melted on y-pipe dripping black goo and down into belly pan and out onto floor. Not sure what the sticker was as there wasn't much left of it but made quite a mess. Not saying this is what your issue is but sure made a mess in my new sled. I should have taken Pics

skegpro · Nov 10, 2018

This guy had a leaking pump.

deaner · Jan 5, 2020

Do they have to replace the whole pump or can it be fixed?

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