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Old Oct 19, 2018 | 04:12 PM
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is there a better replacement for the stock ones? I’m thinking this may be apart of my oil usage issue as the leak down test is good and I can smell oil at stop lights

winter is coming and a new s&s oil pump and camplate is going in so I was going to drill out the drain holes and hopefully put new umbrella valves in again
 
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Valve guide seals? Do you have white smoke coming from exhaust?
 
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Kind of hard to screw up umbrella valves. Harley’s are fine
 
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Valve guide seals? Do you have white smoke coming from exhaust?
zero smoke at all just a oil smell from the air cleaner and oil use
 
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zero smoke at all just a oil smell from the air cleaner and oil use
How much oil are you using between oil changes?
 
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How much oil are you using between oil changes?

1 quart every 3100 kms
 
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What bike are you having this issue with?
 
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What bike are you having this issue with?

08 sg that I just bored to a 103 last winter se 204 cams heads shaved down 10 thou build only has 5600 kms on it ccp is 205 each cylinder with acr disconnected has zero smoke pulled good numbered 98 hp 118 tq runs strong just bugging me about the oil use


heads were rebuilt with cometic seals
i had a post about this earlier but looking for different routes to take to eliminate the issue
 
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08 sg that I just bored to a 103 last winter se 204 cams heads shaved down 10 thou build only has 5600 kms on it ccp is 205 each cylinder with acr disconnected has zero smoke pulled good numbered 98 hp 118 tq runs strong just bugging me about the oil use


heads were rebuilt with cometic seals
i had a post about this earlier but looking for different routes to take to eliminate the issue
sounds like a great build. Depending on your air filter, I’d think you’d notice that much oil getting past your umbrella valves have you checked your primary fluid level in case your crank oil seal is going?
 
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sounds like a great build. Depending on your air filter, I’d think you’d notice that much oil getting past your umbrella valves have you checked your primary fluid level in case your crank oil seal is going?

im running a larger k&n open filter and it is fairly soaked with oil

primary fluid is good I just checked that
 
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