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Old Feb 3, 2019 | 03:03 PM
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It's a bottom breather. The crankcase is vented to the atmosphere.
 
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It's a bottom breather. The crankcase is vented to the atmosphere.
Damn that's impressive (not in a good way) then!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Damn that's impressive (not in a good way) then!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike I thought having the engine block breathing from the lower vent for the breather valve was a good thing. HD switched to top breathers in 93 for emissions venting the crankcase to the air filter.
 
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Mike I thought having the engine block breathing from the lower vent for the breather valve was a good thing. HD switched to top breathers in 93 for emissions venting the crankcase to the air filter.
It is.
Granted I didn't do it on the 111 but that's just so that any oil that sumps goes back to the tank with a head breather instead of on the ground like it does with a case breather that sits too long but that was a personal choice 'cause I'm lazy that way.
 
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Weak ignition?
Was voltage reg. On a phone.
 
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Poor fuel?
 
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Weak ignition?
Was voltage reg. On a phone.
It shouldn't be the ignition system. The Daytona Twin Tec ignition and coil are less than 3 years old. I checked the voltage regulator a couple months ago before I replaced the battery to make sure that it wasn't the cause of the battery going bad.

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Poor fuel?
I always use 93 octane and almost always use stations with Top Tier Gas which means that their detergent additives met the minimum concentration. The stations I use exceed the minimum by 5 times the LAC required by the EPA. I will occasionally use Ethanol Free 93 when I can get.
 
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Tony the only way you're gonna get that much carbon build up is from oil getting into the combustion chamber.
Since you have a case breather then I'm gonna guess valves or valve seals but that's just a guess since you didn't say anything about broken rings on the pistons.
I had virtually the same build before dropping in the 111 and I never had any consumption that I saw.
 
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Is all of that carbon build up causing you issues?
 
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