yamaha G9 excessive oil leak when running

crispy480

I have a G9 and alot of oil comes out from the top, drains down the black hose, is this normal, also how offten do the zurk grease fittings have to be done just bought the cart and still playing around with it, any help or links to where i can buy this stuff would be helpful!!!

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smallblock450sl

Are you saying oil out of the vavle cover breather tube? Is your cart lifted? Remember only 1 qt oil, no more. Once or twilce a year, take your drive belt off, take out the screws that hold on the gold cap on your primary clutch, put the zerk fitting at 12 oclock,shoot 1 maybe 2 shots of grease, push the clutch toward the engine, rotate the clutch so the zerk is at 6 oclock, then whipe any excess grease. Grease is only for the sliding sheave, not the weights and pins. Your secondary may have a zerk on the floating flange, if so 2 or three shots of grease will do. Good luck and welclome. Dave

crispy480

Yes i think it is comming out of the breather tube thats on the top of the engine, it is a lifted cart if i can upload pics im sure that will probly help describe what i am talking about, thanks again for the response. Could it be the piston rings have failed? dont know how common that is, also this is all new to me aswell.

spriddle

Usually oil coming from the breather tube is due to too much oil: 1 quart only. The dip stick on these models misreads.

crispy480

Thanks i did an oil change today, seems to have worked, it is a lifted cart, added only 1 quart, talked to a local golf cart shop and he said the same thing. thought i had screwed something up!!

spriddle

Check your air filter and clean the foam insert if neccessary, it may be clogged with oil if it was dumping quite a bit out the vent tube.

dock98

with all the times this has happened you would think Yamaha would do something about it.

spriddle

They did. They came out with the G16.

dock98

will the dipstick in the G16 fit and read accurately in a G2/G9 ?

spriddle

Just get a stick off a hackberry tree and mark it. If that don't work or it breaks off like a stale twizzler, call Murray and see if they offer a conversion kit from their new zero turn. Tell them you want to be able to circle the hole at the golf course.