Tiger: should I be worried about this?

[raymo]

its british.. so it will have an oil leak.. they engineer it in

[africajim]

Well, I've an 04 955i Tiger and after 20,000 miles I've no sign of any oil leaks. Sorry Raymo, even the hard life with me, on and offroad it doesn't show the British built in oil leak!
I'd take the casing and the crankshaft cover cap off and have a look see, if there's an issue with the gasket change it, or if as greedy as me, a smear of instant gasket and tighten them up, they'll be fine!
Agreed, looks like an oil leak, possibly rattled slack but a nip up should sort it out. Let us know how you geet on mate.

[raymo]

Well, I've an 04 955i Tiger and after 20,000 miles I've no sign of any oil leaks. Sorry Raymo, even the hard life with me, on and offroad it doesn't show the British built in oil leak!
I'd take the casing and the crankshaft cover cap off and have a look see, if there's an issue with the gasket change it, or if as greedy as me, a smear of instant gasket and tighten them up, they'll be fine!
Agreed, looks like an oil leak, possibly rattled slack but a nip up should sort it out. Let us know how you geet on mate.

Ha must have japanese gaskets
I keep my Hondas segregated fomthe BSAs so they dont get bad habits

[Buggles]

thanks for the suggestions everyone!

I'm going to go down to Carl Rosner (is on my way to the coast anyway this weekend) to see if they can tighten the bolts, or get me a new gasket. Since I don't have any tools here myself (everything is back in the Netherlands, and even there I don't have a torque wrench), it's a bit difficult doing it myself.

I'll let all of you know what the problem was.

Cheers,

JB