<< Those cloth wrapped wires on my 95 blew my mind. Like a sponge for synthetic oil. >> These wires will soak up regular oil and leak outside of the grommet seal, too. The problem with the cloth type insulation is crankcase pressure actually helps shove the oil into the wires and out the seal. One way to try and fix the problem is to rewire the stator with a wire insulated with a plastic, rubber type of insulation and one tough enough not to break down in a hot oil environment. You then have to get a strong epoxy and put around the wire holes in the grommet seal so oil will not leak there, too. Another way is to take and apply Starbrite Liquid Electrical Tape on the wires from where they come out of the stator all the way to the grommet seal. Also, goop the holes good where the wires go through. You have to let this stuff cure over night. Hang the stator with the stator at the top and the plug end at the bottom. This will keep any oil from running down inside the wires into the area where you applied the Starbrite goop allowing it not to get contaminated with oil before it has time to set up, properly. Also, have it hanging like this when applying the stuff. For the '90 on up maxes, the pickup assembly has 2 of these leaky wires in addition to the 3 stator wires for a total of 5 wires. The '85 thru '89 maxes pickup assemblies have 5 of these leaky wires plus the 3 stator wires for a total of 8 of these leaking sons-a-guns. The problem becomes apparent after you got about 10 to15k miles on the bike, about the time it takes the oil saturate well into the wires and start leaking out the seal. I think, with the '98 on up maxes Yamaha rewired the stators and pickup assemblies with a rubber, plastic type of insulation that will not leak oil. Mark, Vmoa#491