I am changing the sump windage plate on my ZX12R lump. I originally made my own, but it wasn't brilliant (I found two snapped mounting points when I stripped it today), so I have upgraded to one from AB Performance. I have always suffered an oil leak from an unknown location around the sump, and that got me thinking.... How would you install the plate, as it is sandwiched between the sump and the block. Would you use two sump gaskets (one either side), or one gasket and some flexible gasket, or sack off the gaskets and just go with copious amounts of the goo?

I just used a very fine smear of Wurth sump sealant on mine, you do not want any sticky lumps getting into the oil.

Rightly or wrongly here i trust appropriately applied "goo" over any thing else.

So double goo from me.

2 gaskets for me . . . simple and reliable.

3 replies and 3 different methods. Well that tells me something I suppose! Thanks chaps!

I've always used goo for sump work, mainly because that's what the Haynes manual has told me to do. That's on bike and car engines of various types.