Dry oil filter?! Wtf
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Road Warrior
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Dry oil filter?! Wtf
So having some issues with my bikes eletrical lately after going thru a peg deep puddle and decided to pull out all the plugs and get the dielectric grease out and do some routine maintenance while I'm at it. Went to change the oil and usually when I pull the oil filter it's full and makes a mess. I pulled it tonight and maybe had two ounces total in the damn thing if that. Something isn't right. I'm busting out the service manual tonight to do homework but posting as well to either help guide or point out something I missed.
Recent history: bike went thru puddle, start idling irratic. Shut it down immediately and would not restart. Dried connections out to/from pc3 and others and ran ok for a hard test run. 2 days later went to ride an got 2 blocks and it started making whirring metallic mechanical noises and running rough. Shut down and restarted to get engine light and batery light. Idles fine at stand still but does same as before as soon as it hits the road. All of which has lead up until the beginning of my post.
Recent history: bike went thru puddle, start idling irratic. Shut it down immediately and would not restart. Dried connections out to/from pc3 and others and ran ok for a hard test run. 2 days later went to ride an got 2 blocks and it started making whirring metallic mechanical noises and running rough. Shut down and restarted to get engine light and batery light. Idles fine at stand still but does same as before as soon as it hits the road. All of which has lead up until the beginning of my post.
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I haven't gotten into the book yet and off the top of my head I haven't thought of what could be a cause related to my recent water incident.... One big F'ing puddle is causing a chain reaction of bullshit.
As a general rule I don't believe in coincidences, but I suppose it is possible that the oil issue is unrelated the the water/electrical.
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No way they're related
Eliminate the oil worries: Put a pan under the filter area, remove the filter and crank the motor. When it pumps oil all down the front of the motor, replace filter.
Now find out what is wrong with the electrics.
One step at a time.
Eliminate the oil worries: Put a pan under the filter area, remove the filter and crank the motor. When it pumps oil all down the front of the motor, replace filter.
Now find out what is wrong with the electrics.
One step at a time.
Last edited by Stiggy; Aug 11, 2011 at 07:49 AM.
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your getting oil.. bypass in the filter is probably open.. defective filter
your motor would have seized with in seconds w/o oil
you have a multi-part problem.. simple things first
your motor would have seized with in seconds w/o oil
you have a multi-part problem.. simple things first
Last edited by sicpup; Aug 11, 2011 at 07:49 AM.
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I bought an oil filter from a indy one time time and every time I started the bike up the lifters rattled like crazy. Turned out that filter either didn't have an anti drain back seal, or it wasn't working. The rattling was caused by the lack of oil pressure while the filter was filling up. Once I put a better filter on the rattle stopped.
My bet would be yours is doing something similar.
My bet would be yours is doing something similar.
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Yea that was my first thought but that would make two faulty oil filters with the last 2 months. First one came apart at the seams literally and shot oil down the road( drag specialty filter) and now this one looks brand new inside after 2500 miles with a tiny bit of oil inside. Weird ****
