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From: Spartan Country, Michigan
OK.... couple serious thoughts here. Did you start the bike and run for about a minute? Then give it a minute or so to drain back. When you checked your oil, did you screw the dipstick back until the o'ring touches then pull back out and check? To be safe and sure, remove the transmission dipstick and check that fluid level.
Do these couple of simple checks and see if this resolves your issue. Let us know what you find.
Do these couple of simple checks and see if this resolves your issue. Let us know what you find.
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From: Texas
Just changed oil in my 2021 freewheeler
put in 5 quarts
pulled oil stick.. only barely showing on stick
what happened to the oil?I have Changed oil in Harleys hundreds of times and this has me pulling my hair out. I used the orange Harley long slender funnel
did it possibly go down in to far?where did the oil go? This is totally driving me nuts.. please help!!!
Take your gas cap off recently - just sayin
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From: Sharon vt
OK.... couple serious thoughts here. Did you start the bike and run for about a minute? Then give it a minute or so to drain back. When you checked your oil, did you screw the dipstick back until the o'ring touches then pull back out and check? To be safe and sure, remove the transmission dipstick and check that fluid level.
Do these couple of simple checks and see if this resolves your issue. Let us know what you find.
Do these couple of simple checks and see if this resolves your issue. Let us know what you find.
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From: SE Michigan
yeah....it shouldn't do that....doesn't sound like an error on your part, you can't overfill that primary to that degree...you can overfill, just not past the bottom of the cover