Tutoro Chain Oiler Question

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Ghozty00n

Discussion Starter · 2 mo ago

First off, please let me know if this is covered somewhere that I missed, but I looked around for a while.

I recently installed a Tutoro chain oiler and it's great, but I keep getting drips when the bike sits. The weird part is it's not from the rear sprocket. It looks like my center stand and probably the chain guard or left pannier are dripping dirty oil. I have the chain oiler only open 1/4 turn now and I'm still getting the drips.

Is this a me problem, or is this just the way chain oilers are? I can live with it, just want to make sure I'm not missing something.

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ERockJL

· #2 · 2 mo ago

you will get some splatter and fling, but constant dripping like that probably means you are open a hair too much. In summer, i settle somewhere around 1/8 open. I added a splatter guard on the end of the chain guard, angled down 45 deg or so. That takes the brunt of the fling. Fling means its keeping your chain clean. When parked in my garage, i have a piece of cardboard that i slide under the added fling guard under the rear sprocket, which usually catches a couple drops, then stops. I feel like i have it adjusted where i get just a few drops from the fling that accumulates on that guard. I could see excess oil building near the front sprocket if its open too much. Keep adjusting the setting down until the chain is still slightly wet.

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Ghozty00n

Discussion Starter · #3 · 2 mo ago

ERockJL said:
you will get some splatter and fling, but constant dripping like that probably means you are open a hair too much. In summer, i settle somewhere around 1/8 open. I added a splatter guard on the end of the chain guard, angled down 45 deg or so. That takes the brunt of the fling. Fling means its keeping your chain clean. When parked in my garage, i have a piece of cardboard that i slide under the added fling guard under the rear sprocket, which usually catches a couple drops, then stops. I feel like i have it adjusted where i get just a few drops from the fling that accumulates on that guard. I could see excess oil building near the front sprocket if its open too much. Keep adjusting the setting down until the chain is still slightly wet.

Thanks for the response. It is just a couple drops from those two locations. I will turn it down a bit more. I definitely will look into the extra splatter guard and I got cardboard laying around so I'll slide that under till I get it sorted.

Worst case I can live with it. Not the first bike that's left oil on my garage floor.

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richlandrick

· #4 · 2 mo ago

Most people want to know if the oiler is working and open the needle valve too much at first resulting oil fling. I judge mine by oil consumed over miles ridden and if any oil is clearly being consumed over 100 miles it is good to go for me. That is a whole lot more oil on the chain than lubing once every thousand miles.

If you see oil on the outside around the base of the clear tube after it has been cleaned there is a crack in the clear tube below the black plastic. There is a groove there for an O-ring that is prone to cracking. Replacement cylinders are on eBay.

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Ghozty00n

Discussion Starter · #5 · 1 mo ago

ERockJL said:
you will get some splatter and fling, but constant dripping like that probably means you are open a hair too much. In summer, i settle somewhere around 1/8 open. I added a splatter guard on the end of the chain guard, angled down 45 deg or so. That takes the brunt of the fling. Fling means its keeping your chain clean. When parked in my garage, i have a piece of cardboard that i slide under the added fling guard under the rear sprocket, which usually catches a couple drops, then stops. I feel like i have it adjusted where i get just a few drops from the fling that accumulates on that guard. I could see excess oil building near the front sprocket if its open too much. Keep adjusting the setting down until the chain is still slightly wet.

One more quick question. Did you make your own fling guard? I'd like to do something similar.

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Recumbentbob

· #6 · 1 mo ago

Clean disc works pretty good.

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ERockJL

· #7 · 1 mo ago

Ghozty00n said:
One more quick question. Did you make your own fling guard? I'd like to do something similar.

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Ghozty00n

Discussion Starter · #8 · 19 d ago

Well I ended up finally 3D printing a few versions and I'm happy with this one for now. It wraps around both sides.

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