Water in your oil.

 

I haven't been to the Volksrod Forum in awhile. I was hoping to post a video of the first drive. I do have one my wife took of me driving around the circle out front. I will check on it first of the year. THANKS for letting me know.

 

Thanks everyone for the responses. I'll try to hit all your points. The engine was rebuilt by Revolution Performance, at least the cam chest part. With y'alls help, I put the top end back together. With that said, I do not know if the oil system was primed, but they are supposed to be a reputable company and the returned engine didn't have any instructions to prime the system. It didn't have any instructions at all actually.
The engine sat for a little over a month before I got to work on it after the initial drive. I'm having issues as I mentioned with it running rich and maintaining a constant 1 psi fuel pressure out of the Holley electric fuel pump I'm using. Besides very sooted plugs, it diesels when it's shut down. My son thinks that's carbon so we ran it on 93 octane this time to try and burn some of that off. It didn't stumble as bad this time.
I did check the level in the tank and it was only down a little. I also thought the foam was maybe from the oil running down into the lower engine sump, but I let it sit for a day after first discovering the foaming and it did the same thing so I don't think that's the problem. You are correct in saying it is the oil directly returning to the tank as you can see it coming across the top of the oil toward the filler neck where I can see it.
The oil pressure gauge sounds like a good idea to test the system. I probably will drain the oil into a clear container to see if there is any water or even possibly gasoline in it.
I don't think I'm going to try and run it again until I talk to the techs at Revolution Performance since they did the work.
Really feeling a little better since it sounds like a lot of what you all are thinking is normal stuff for a Harley. This is the first Harley engine I've ever had so these things are new to me even though I've worked with cars and old motorcycles most of my life. It's more tinkering now though.
Thanks again for the input and I'll let you know what Revolution has to say.

Larry

 

How is your head breather system set-up? Was the oil pump assembled properly?

 

Hey Larry how did you go with this?
i was wondering if you could get in touch with
me regarding the adapter kits - looking everywhere for the Harley Davidson to VW one you managed to get from REWACO. Would love the measurements or an actual kit and will pay your costs.

 

Milky oil means there is water in the oil. If you start your engine in the winter and do not ride it so it gets to operating temperature, the oil will collect water. DO NOT START WHILE LAID UP FOR THE WINTER. I read about so many people starting their bikes in the winter. Very bad idea.