so somthing is leaking from my heavy breather air intake (from the valve that goes into the engine closest to the front). It only leaks while riding not when parked. It kinda looks like oil and is not alot. Should I be worried?

 

 

Have you been running your oil all the way to the top of the full line on your dip stick.
It's probably hust blow by and won't do it as much if you run between full and add on the dip stick. You can also put on a breather and reroute those hoses that are shooting into the throttle body

 

There was a recent thread about oil being blown out of the HE breathers. I'd also check the oil level when hot. If it's over full you should remove the excess oil or the engine will do it for you.

 

Awsome...thanx guys

 

It probably does that if your running hard on it, am i right? All harleys do that. the other guys are right it will do it less with less oil, but it won't harm anything so don't worry about it! Your safe anywhere on the dipstick or so they say , but I prefer to keep my oil level up .

 

I never had any leaking with from my heavy breather but recently when I took if off to replace with another A/C, there was this milky looking fluid in the front and valve chambers. Like I said, I never had any leakage but I was a bit surprised to see this stuff...

 

Nothing to worry about. Pull out the breather the plugs and put in new O-rings (item # 4 at page 4 of this Instruction Sheet)


Moisture + oil = froth......



Had the same on my FXD2003 dipstick after a long ride in the rain. It will disappear after a 20-25 miles run when the engine (+oil) gets heated up. See this thread:

Frothy mocca brownish colored substance on dipstick