leaking head

[billythefish]

I just noticed the other day that I had a leak from my cylinder head but there is no oil in the water or water in the oil and no white slurry in the rocker cover when I removed it, am I to assume that this is a common problem without any thing to worry about, I certainly don't want to take the head off and replace the gasket as I believe they sometimes leak when replaced.

 

[malcolm]

Don't pull the head gasket if the water and oil are keeping themselves to themselves. Swapping head gaskets isn't a big risk on R4s, but a full day would be an excess for sorting a small leak.

If it's a big leak it will be the rocker cover gasket leaking and the oil following the line of the head gasket, but that's an easy one to fix.

 

[billythefish]

Thanks Malcolm,
I'll have a good look first chance I get, it seems time is something that runs shorter and shorter the older you get, plus I keep forgetting I've a wife who insists on going shopping three days a week!