New Oil Pump
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From: Omaha,NE
No need. If you haven't had any issues by now, you're not likely to. If you need to go into the cam chest for a cam change in the future, by all means upgrade.
27K on my stock pump with a Stage IV. All good.
27K on my stock pump with a Stage IV. All good.
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Rule of thumb…”If it ain’t broke don’t fix it”
The downside to cracking open the cam chest to replace a perfectly good oil pump is you take the risk of not getting it back together properly starting a whole new diagnostic and repair job.
And I’m not convinced all the sumping issues are/were caused by the oil pump design simply because there are thousands of M8s out there with thousand and thousands of trouble-free riding miles.
For what it’s worth,
Bob
The downside to cracking open the cam chest to replace a perfectly good oil pump is you take the risk of not getting it back together properly starting a whole new diagnostic and repair job.
And I’m not convinced all the sumping issues are/were caused by the oil pump design simply because there are thousands of M8s out there with thousand and thousands of trouble-free riding miles.
For what it’s worth,
Bob
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introducing change introduces risk...I generally subscribe to 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' over 'if it ain't broke work on it until it is'
Cruiser
Joined: Feb 2016
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From: Connecticut
I would install the latest oil pump and a cam while your in there!
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I would do it myself just for something to do if I couldn't ride in the winter, but I wouldn't pay to have it done.
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Make it worthwhile and do a cam while you're in there. I was always a little nervous about sumping when I had my 2017 so I get that you want to swap it out.
It's not a difficult job to do yourself.
It's not a difficult job to do yourself.