Adding oil
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Adding oil
I had a new oil pump put in the bike about 4500 miles ago.
It's due for the 25,000 maintenance and I'm bringing it in on Thursday.
I've had to add 3 quarts of oil during this interim to keep it topped off.
I know I come across as a greenhorn by asking this, but I'm not proud. If you are going to lay into me...just be gentile....I'm fragile.
Am I expecting too much by feeling like a bike should not have to have 3 quarts of oil added to it every 4.5k miles? Maybe this is how v-twin, air cooled engine are?
bike runs fine, great in fact....no smoke or unusual smell in the exhaust
It's due for the 25,000 maintenance and I'm bringing it in on Thursday.
I've had to add 3 quarts of oil during this interim to keep it topped off.
I know I come across as a greenhorn by asking this, but I'm not proud. If you are going to lay into me...just be gentile....I'm fragile.
Am I expecting too much by feeling like a bike should not have to have 3 quarts of oil added to it every 4.5k miles? Maybe this is how v-twin, air cooled engine are?
bike runs fine, great in fact....no smoke or unusual smell in the exhaust
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I'd be very concerned as to where it's going! Don't say what the bike is but could you be having it going in to the primary? I would think you would notice your exhaust burning it. That's a lot of oil in such short mileage!
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I had a new oil pump put in the bike about 4500 miles ago.
It's due for the 25,000 maintenance and I'm bringing it in on Thursday.
I've had to add 3 quarts of oil during this interim to keep it topped off.
I know I come across as a greenhorn by asking this, but I'm not proud. If you are going to lay into me...just be gentile....I'm fragile.
Am I expecting too much by feeling like a bike should not have to have 3 quarts of oil added to it every 4.5k miles? Maybe this is how v-twin, air cooled engine are?
bike runs fine, great in fact....no smoke or unusual smell in the exhaust
It's due for the 25,000 maintenance and I'm bringing it in on Thursday.
I've had to add 3 quarts of oil during this interim to keep it topped off.
I know I come across as a greenhorn by asking this, but I'm not proud. If you are going to lay into me...just be gentile....I'm fragile.
Am I expecting too much by feeling like a bike should not have to have 3 quarts of oil added to it every 4.5k miles? Maybe this is how v-twin, air cooled engine are?
bike runs fine, great in fact....no smoke or unusual smell in the exhaust
I think HD's standard of acceptable oil consumption is 1qt per 1K miles. To me, any consumption is unacceptable. Here's what I can tell you:
I ran a Stage I for 9K miles of my bike's life from new. I never had to add, but lost about .75qt when I changed the oil @ 5K. After doing the 120 big bore kit there is no oil consumption at all, but I did switch away from Syn 3 to a high-performance conventional oil. It has been said that the conventional oils do not flash off and burn quickly like synthetic oil does.
There have been reports of out-of-round factory M8 cylinders that also contributed to oil consumption. One thing I wished I'd done before I tossed my OEM cylinders was to check them for out-of-round just to see.
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thats Aud!
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It sounds like you have your amp set to high on the gains causing oil consumption thru the speakers. Back the gains down, check the dipstick again and go from there. Btw oil consumption from over tuned amps can cause magic blue smoke. Carry on......
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Are you using synthetic oil? My 2019 Trike would use oil when I was using synthetic oil, once I switched to dino oil, it stopped using oil. I also run mine about 1/2 quart low so as not to have it go through the breather valves into the carb.
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Sorry guys... Im a frequent visitor to the audio section and accidentally posted here. Thanks for the answers though.
And Strych.... your a good guy...always helpful with knowledgeable advice.
And Strych.... your a good guy...always helpful with knowledgeable advice.