Originally Posted by Beerbar

Finally got some news on this. The dealer spent all week riding around in the heat to see if they can reproduce my problem. I went to pick it up because they didnt have enough time to put more miles on which is understandable. Ill rode it and monitor. As I went to the bay, the mechanic said give me a few more minutes to check something. He had just got back from a ride on it. He pulled off the primary cover and the oil over flowed out. He said, I think I found your missing oil problem.

They did a oil change on Saturday to make sure the levels were correct and said I had only 3.5 quarts in there. Now, before I rode the 20 miles to drop it off, it was over full.

Have an HD reference number, got a loaner (RG Ultra) and now have to wait for HD to tell the shop how to fix this so called impossible problem.

Originally Posted by paullavery

I've just had to add 1 quart to get the levels good when checking level when hot, upto the 1K service i didn't have to add anything & since the oil change its used a quart in 1300 miles, not sure if that is normal ??

Originally Posted by mjwebb

yikes! Harley may say that falls within 'normal' but nothing I've ever experienced..wife's Freewheeler is pretty thirsty tho, not quite that bad

Originally Posted by paullavery

I know, this is my 6th harley over the years & never had oil consumption like it ! I'll be even more paranoid now, i get on very well with the supplying dealership so will be having a word next time I'm in there.

Originally Posted by paullavery

I've just had to add 1 quart to get the levels good when checking level when hot, upto the 1K service i didn't have to add anything & since the oil change its used a quart in 1300 miles, not sure if that is normal ??

Originally Posted by Beerbar

This is exactly how mine started and exactly the mileage. Pull off the primary cover and check your level in there, check your transmission as well. From what I was told the seals are bad and have been redesigned a few times already.

I'll have more information hopefully this week I hope, going on week 3.

Originally Posted by paullavery

Primary & transmission levels are good, I spoke to the service manager the other day about this & he agreed with me that the consumption was excessive, asked me to run it another 500 miles & check level & if its still consuming at this rate to bring it in for them to investigate further. So far I've only managed a couple of hundred miles & its sitting at 1 square below the F mark.