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Old 12-30-2008
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Default My motorcycle is leaking oil?

I have a 2001 Kawasaki Vulcan 800 and it only has 5800 original miles,it leaks oil from the breather when I rev it high during a ride.Why does oil come from the breatherThe Bike run great other than that..
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only 2 ways oil can come up....bad rings or valve seals...
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Old 03-01-2009
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could be serious like the first poster statedoras simple as it being too full of oil. also might check to see if the breather might need to be cleaned (functions like a check valve and might have something stuck in it where it's stuck open, allowing oil to seap out)...
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