Oil leak
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Oil leak
Riding my bike after 60 miles I noticed oil on my chaps on the right thigh close to the oil tank. Also on the tank I noticed oil. The cap is on right and this is the only place I see oil on the bike. This is on a 2006 1200c. 3000 miles last oil change was at the dealers. Any ideas?
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RE: Oil leak
The service manual states that you need 3.6 quarts of oil in the tank, but that's too much and Harley has changed the recommendation to 2.8 or so (3.0 at the absolute max). I had the same problem. Also, I had oil coming out of my breather and they had to install a new rocker box (they installed an '07 rocker box on my '06). No problems since.