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My bike is an 83 XJ-750 k, it had sat for around a year before I bought it. After I had cleaned the carbs and rode the kinks out of it, I noticed a small pool of oil on the top of the Crankcase below what I believe is the stator and the left side of the engine. It was originally a small leak, and gradually corrected itself over time and miles.

Today I started My bike and let it warm up before I took off, and there was a HUGE puddle of oil there, and no more oil left in the sight glass. It drips oil on the floor below it.

The general concensus is that it may be coming from the crankcase gasket, however I one time noticed oil dripping from the bottom screw of the stator/generator. No one is 100% sure where it is coming fromMy bike is an 83 XJ-750 k, it had sat for around a year before I bought it. After I had cleaned the carbs and rode the kinks out of it, I noticed a small pool of oil on the top of the Crankcase below what I believe is the stator and the left side of the engine. It was originally a small leak, and gradually corrected itself over time and miles.

Today I started My bike and let it warm up before I took off, and there was a HUGE puddle of oil there, and no more oil left in the sight glass. It drips oil on the floor below it.

The general concensus is that it may be pushing its way up from the crankcase gasket, however I one time noticed oil dripping from the bottom screw of the stator/generator. No one is 100% sure where it is coming from.

Any help is greatly apreciated. This is killing my riding time

I had an 82 xj650. There should never be oil in around the stator. That's electrical and separate. Odds are that whenever your bike's on the kickstand that's the lowest spot, so it runs along the engine until it gets there and then appears to drip from there. The crankcase gasket is a possibility, but I think the next thing to do is to try and trace the oil coming from the stator bolt back across the case to wherever it's actually leaking from. At that point I might be able to further help.

Nick