Top end noise
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Top end noise
Have a 2007 RKC with 15,000 mi.
Oil and filter changed every 2,500 with HD synthetic.
All of a sudden the bike is making top end noise
like a bad lifter or something like that.
Has anyone else had this happen ??
Any ideas ??
Bike still runs OK. Oil level is full.
Thanks,
Jake
Oil and filter changed every 2,500 with HD synthetic.
All of a sudden the bike is making top end noise
like a bad lifter or something like that.
Has anyone else had this happen ??
Any ideas ??
Bike still runs OK. Oil level is full.
Thanks,
Jake
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Have a 2007 RKC with 15,000 mi.
Oil and filter changed every 2,500 with HD synthetic.
All of a sudden the bike is making top end noise
like a bad lifter or something like that.
Has anyone else had this happen ??
Any ideas ??
Bike still runs OK. Oil level is full.
Thanks,
Jake
Oil and filter changed every 2,500 with HD synthetic.
All of a sudden the bike is making top end noise
like a bad lifter or something like that.
Has anyone else had this happen ??
Any ideas ??
Bike still runs OK. Oil level is full.
Thanks,
Jake
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It very well could be a bad lifter.My mechanic doesn't like to use sythetic for this very reason.He said he had seen problems with lifters using synthetic oils go bad.Synthetic is good oil,but it's thin.I don't like the way the motor sounds when using it;The motor sounds like its going to tear apart!!!
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synthetic is alot more slicker then dino and thats why your motor gets noiser and it is good oil. but if u like quiet then stick to dino. dino is good as long as u change every 2500 to 3000 miles. but you will always hear drive train noise on a harley.
