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May 11, 2020 | 10:02 AM

#11

Puglia10

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call A1. he'll walk you through it.

May 11, 2020 | 10:17 AM

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Agoober

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Is it twin Cooled as milky white suggests water and oil mixed up together.

May 11, 2020 | 10:39 AM

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Jkocr2

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probably too much oil.. when you install that thing, drain everything out of the pan and also the case by pulling the cps sensor. then refill keeping 4-5 dots low on the stick as mentioned above. you may think you have all the oil out but there's excess possibly sititng in the crank case when you drain the pan. when you refill, you've now overfilled since you didn't get everything out of the case. hope this helps!

May 11, 2020 | 02:16 PM

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PJPower05

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Wouldn’t sweat the milky color stuff... that is moisture, had the same issue in my Tacoma. Solution is to ride it long enough to get warm.

May 12, 2020 | 06:30 AM

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HDDOC

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I was able to watch the video from A-1 and did see I was running oil level higher than recommended, Lowed the hot level to the add mark plus 2 dots and still have slight oil coming out after cleaning the vent line and filter.

May 12, 2020 | 10:15 AM

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BigDogIdaho

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Quote:

Originally Posted by HDDOC

1. You checked it hot regarding the oil level? Basically asking if the proper procedure was done. Easy to not do an oil check quite "properly". Not trying to say you did anything wrong, just trying to find a solution.

2. Where is the filter installed & hose routed?

May 12, 2020 | 02:08 PM

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aviscomi

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Hmm...run my bike below the factory spec oil level or keep the snake oil, I mean A1 oil ventilator?

May 12, 2020 | 09:15 PM

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BigDogIdaho

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Quote:

Originally Posted by aviscomi

Hmm...run my bike below the factory spec oil level or keep the snake oil, I mean A1 oil ventilator?

Do you know how dipsticks work?

"Factory spec" as you are calling it, is between "ADD" & "FULL".
Cars used to be marked "SAFE". So you wouldn't panic because it wasn't all the way to the FULL mark.

You probably wouldn't call it "snake oil" if you understood about crankcase pressure.
Is the Fueling vent "snake oil" also?
Or the other vents that are the same basic design as the A1?

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May 12, 2020 | 09:19 PM

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aviscomi

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BigDogIdaho

Do you know how dipsticks work?

"Factory spec" as you are calling it, is between "ADD" & "FULL".
Cars used to be marked "SAFE". So you wouldn't panic because it wasn't all the way to the FULL mark.

No I would not panic, but I also would not perform an oil change in my car or bike and purposely leave out 1/2 quart.