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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 09:52 AM
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I checked my oil yesterday hot and cold and noticed I had gone just below the lower mark on the dipstick. It was previously half way when checked before. I went and added some oil and noticed it took about 1 quart to get about 3/4 up bewteen the lower and uppper marks.

So in about a months time it appears I have lostapproximately 3/4 ofa quart. I have no leaks that I can find and I looked very hard. I have no oil marks and park in a concrete floor every day/night. I do not see any indication of burning oil that I can see (blue smoke like a car does). So my question since I am still somewhat new to Harleys is... Is this normal? It runs fine with no problems and was wondering if this is normal to lose some oil like that? Thanks
 
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 09:55 AM
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Crankcase blow-by maybe?
 
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 09:59 AM
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Crankcase blow-by maybe?
Could you explain a bit more in detail on this 128? I meamn i know what the crankcase is but is this something mormal or not or something I need to start investigating.Just not sure if some oil loss is expected like I had. Thanks
 
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 10:12 AM
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How many miles did you ride before needing to add the oil?
 
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 10:12 AM
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on a '04 and up I believe you need to check your oil hot and on the jiffy stand. you will get different reading from hot and cold.
 
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 10:17 AM
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I have riden about900 miles since I have had it, and I did check it on the jiffy stand while hot.
 
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