Wipe and clean all traces of oil off bike. Get you a light and fluorescent dye kit and pour it in the oil.

Now depending on how bad your leak is, start with a very brief drive. Now check for leaks starting at front top down. (Consider the fact that oil runs down and at same time blows back)

You want to find the leak before it spreads.

So the above may take some trial and error to actually find source of leak. It's normal on an older Harley to weap past a moving shaft seal and as long as it doesn't drip, that's not a leak.

Certain leaks, on an older Harley like say a crank case leak where the whole motor needs to be removed probably should just be lived with. Wipe it off. Keep a pan under it. A few drops doesn't really affect oil levels.

That make take hours to do and if they do that, you have to pay for it.

Now discuss what you have found with the man that writes up the order. He's the only free thing usually at a service center other then the hot chocolate and coffee machine. (If your lucky)

PS..welcome to the HDFORUM for sure. Only as a suggestion, by me as a USER just like you, add a signature line of your Harley on year, model and those letters that tell what it is. (Not the VIN)

And again only as a suggestion..
If you like, start a new thread over in the newmember welcome area to say hello. Hope you enjoy your ride here with us to.

And for sure, everything I say is just what works for me and only a suggestion.

 

 

Says the bystander. I like to help. And when I do I’ve literally been attacked.. gets old. I’m doing my best to ignore.

 

Not going to get in a pissing contest here, but I’m not a bystander. I offer up ideas, opinions and techniques. If someone wants to shoot flaming arrows?, oh well…..comes with hiding on the interweb forums

 

I had the dealer install a mechanic reverse on my TG. It develop a small leak under the tranny side cover. I took it back and waited 3 weeks before they got to it and had an appointment for this. When I got it back, still the same problems. There was not charge for the 2nd time. I finally took it to a Indy shop and they fixed the leak. As per the Indy shop, the dealer used the wrong length bolt. They did not follow included instructions and used a shorter bolt bolt at this spot. This kit did come with all the necessary hardware. Welcome to the forum.

 

I’m glad you offer help. Same team.. nobody’s hiding if they are contributing.

 

I had a tough to find oil leak on a '22 FXLRS. Final solution was to stuff brown paper towels in different places around the motor and ride for a few minutes, then examine the towels. Found the source after stuffing around the top of the rear pushrod tubes. No doubt, there are more sophisticated solutions, but sophistication is in short supply in my garage.

 

Probably not scamming, but incompetent. Or if the bike is old, it could be leaking in several areas, and although they fixed those leaks, they didn’t get the biggest one. As motors age, things loosen, and gaskets deteriorate.

 

The OP's bike is a Sportster, and has a lot less places to leak than a Big Twin on account of being unit construction. It should not be difficult to track down the leak on this bike by a competent mechanic.

 

Bike is a 2005 Sportster 1200 C. I have not tried to locate the leak myself yet.