My buddies 01 KLR250 has oil in the stator cover, quite a bit, it was probably halfway up the flywheel nut access hole. It seems that the battery has failed, but I wonder how likely it is that the oil is causing the charging system to not work? How hard is it to put a left side crank seal in? I know the flywheel has to come off, but after that, how hard is it to get to?

 

I believe it is supposed to be open to the bottom end. My KLX and I believe all the KLX250/300/400/650 models are all oil in the stator. I also believe all the KLRs will be too.

Call a Kawasaki dealer and ask.

 

Definitely should be oil in there. This is normal. The timing and balancer chains are right under the flywheel, and of course need oil.

 

Thanks for the replies.