lml reedvale

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lammy666
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just looked at my mates lml reed vale motor today because of a leak.
when i started it up there was what looked like (and smelt) like gear oil coming from the reed base ?.
i smelt the gear oil from the filling point on the engine and detected what i think smelt of petrol.
any idea what it could be.
Ginch
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Usually means clutch side seal is gone when fuel and gear oil mix, often with white smoke present when starting up.
The crankcase is then pressurising the gearbox - if you block the clutch breather while it's running and the idle changes, that will confirm.
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