Engine guys help please
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This oil change mystery has me intrigued as well...gotta find out the ending result/culprit. Will nomad billy get his bike back to running health, or does the oil keep disappearing...stay tuned!
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Your gonna have to explain this to me.
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Yep beat me to it. Its like saying synthics will do that, too slippery to read.
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In theory it goes like this.
In a wet sump system it will because the crankshaft will beat the oil into a froth, thereby causing the pump to cavitate. That said I don' think it would work that way in a dry sump.
In a wet sump system it will because the crankshaft will beat the oil into a froth, thereby causing the pump to cavitate. That said I don' think it would work that way in a dry sump.