Oil in the alternator. WTF

[danmpls]

I just cracked open my alternator to turn
my engine over to adjust
my points and oil came out. I don't have a clue what is going on. Anyone?

 

[Tim]

What bike is this? I was surprised to find out the Honda CB360 has oil in that area as well by design.

 

[danmpls]

It's a CL350. I probably should have included that in my original post. If this is by design, great. But it isn't anywhere in the clymers.

 

[DrJ]

Are you saying oil came out of the alternator cover? That's normal, there should be oil there. If you have oil in your points housing, there's a leak at the camshaft seal.

 

[chrisf]

I just cracked open my alternator to turn
my engine over to adjust
my points and oil came out. I don't have a clue what is going on. Anyone?

It's crazy how that shit works...

I'm joking. Yeah, that's normal. You can actually drain a lot of the engine/gearbox oil from the generator (it's not an altinator).

--Chris

 

[danmpls]

Funny they refer to it as an alternator in the manual, repeatedly. But thanks for correcting me on such a pointless item.

 

[danmpls]

Are you saying oil came out of the alternator cover? That's normal, there should be oil there. If you have oil in your points housing, there's a leak at the camshaft seal.

I think I was caught off guard by the amount of oil. Thanks.