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Old 01-22-2008, 01:37 PM
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I'm getting a lot of air in my oil any answers Thanks
 
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I think you need the HD download to fix that
 
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You're sucking air through your blinker-fluid reservoir which must be bone dry.
 
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Disregarding the answers above, if your oil is cold, it will trap air bubbles. Pretty normal really.....
 
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........................if your oil is cold, it will trap air bubbles. Pretty normal really.....
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Also, even after a long day's ride, I've noticed surface bubbles when I look into the tank. I think there is enough of a flow-rate to create some surface agitation that results in bubbles.

I've noticed that for 20 years on numerous bikes; all normal.

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Normal. You have a scavenge pump to clear the crankcase of excess oil. It pumps so fast that it will run out of a constant flow of oiland it will gulp air as well, mix it and return it to the tank. That's just the way it is and is harmless.
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The guys are right, itsa common thing in scavenge or dry sump pump systems.
Its only when you get air in the supply side thatyou have problems.
Even then in Harley's its not that big a deal. Because of their heavy use ofroller and ball bearings they are not as vulnerable to the same kind of damagethat an engineuseing babbit bearings would have if air got into the supply or pressure line.
 
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Thanks men. Chuck I don't run with directionals on my scoot here in TX Not even a helmet or leathers just like 35 years ago Thanks again men
 
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I meant poor boy Sorry
 
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You're sucking air through your blinker-fluid reservoir which must be bone dry.
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