Oil use
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Cruiser
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Oil use
Hey everyone I now have 3200 Kms on my new 103 build and it seems to use some oil about 1/2 quart every 2000 kms mind you I had it right up to the full mark when I changed it and now its half way up the stick
its not not smoking I had it on the dyno last week and had zero smoke coming out of it plugs look good but I can smell oil burning when Im riding
I changed the umbrella valves and had the heads rebuilt as well I am running an open air cleaner
its not not smoking I had it on the dyno last week and had zero smoke coming out of it plugs look good but I can smell oil burning when Im riding
I changed the umbrella valves and had the heads rebuilt as well I am running an open air cleaner
Last edited by 2014sportsteriron883; Jul 15, 2018 at 05:13 PM.
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Don't fill it to the full mark. It will blow it out your breather if you do. Have you seen any oil on your cam cover? Do you have an aftermarket breather?
At most, fill it half way between full and low.
At most, fill it half way between full and low.
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Cruiser
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From: ontario
bike has 205 ccp both cylinders and runs great
i notice if I drive normal and dont beat on it it doesnt seem to use any oil but running down the highway at 70 plus thats when I get it plus its been hot as hell here
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Pull air filter and look into throttle body. My guess is itll be pretty oily in there.
Search up some of the threads about by-passing the head breather bolts so they dont drop into intake.
Believe it or not Ive seen bikes actually pull oily air into intake from umbrella valves.
I route mine away from intake to a little k&n filter down by footboard.
No vacuum pulling oil out of crankase. No hot oily air going back into combustion chamber.
Glad to hear youre putting miles on that build!
ive only got about 1k on mine.
Search up some of the threads about by-passing the head breather bolts so they dont drop into intake.
Believe it or not Ive seen bikes actually pull oily air into intake from umbrella valves.
I route mine away from intake to a little k&n filter down by footboard.
No vacuum pulling oil out of crankase. No hot oily air going back into combustion chamber.
Glad to hear youre putting miles on that build!
ive only got about 1k on mine.
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Cruiser
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From: ontario
Pull air filter and look into throttle body. My guess is itll be pretty oily in there.
Search up some of the threads about by-passing the head breather bolts so they dont drop into intake.
Believe it or not Ive seen bikes actually pull oily air into intake from umbrella valves.
I route mine away from intake to a little k&n filter down by footboard.
No vacuum pulling oil out of crankase. No hot oily air going back into combustion chamber.
Glad to hear youre putting miles on that build!
ive only got about 1k on mine.
Search up some of the threads about by-passing the head breather bolts so they dont drop into intake.
Believe it or not Ive seen bikes actually pull oily air into intake from umbrella valves.
I route mine away from intake to a little k&n filter down by footboard.
No vacuum pulling oil out of crankase. No hot oily air going back into combustion chamber.
Glad to hear youre putting miles on that build!
ive only got about 1k on mine.
before I did all of this work it used to spray oil all over the saddle bag when it was a 96 now that I bored it to a 103 it doesnt spray it anymore but seems to suck it into the intake more and I ridenit about the same as I did before
i did put new rocker boxes on as I got new ones that are black
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Tourer
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I wouldnt worry to much. 1/2 quart in 2000 k on fresh build isnt much. When i bought my 96 new i was stressed because the first thousand k it burnt a quart and after that never used a drop in 50000kms
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Cruiser
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ill keep riding it and see and see if it gets better and if it doesnt Ill worry about it over the winter
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im going to do a leak down test and see but I think the rings are fine
before I did all of this work it used to spray oil all over the saddle bag when it was a 96 now that I bored it to a 103 it doesnt spray it anymore but seems to suck it into the intake more and I ridenit about the same as I did before
i did put new rocker boxes on as I got new ones that are black
