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Old Jun 22, 2018 | 06:37 PM
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Just fixed up my dads 01 fatboy efi that my brother wrecked last summer. Has only been started after it was brought home to be sure it still ran ok, which it did. Gave it an oil change with new filter, 3 quarts to start with. I started it, fired right up and it ran for around 30 seconds then started overflowing oil from the oil tank. Tried running it again and it shot the dipstick out and overflowed again. Dad says it’s happened to him before, which the fix was simply changing the oil and filter again and it never did it again till now. Also said the crank case breather could be plugged.

Was just hoping to get some more opinions on what might be happening. Thanks guys
 

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