Engine guys help please
Road Master
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 934
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From: SE Wisconsin
I think we finally found the answer;
I was grabbing some beers with Steven Hawking over the weekend and ran this conundrum past him.
The Hawkster says, in a parallel universe there is now a bike with 5 quarts too much oil in it.
And, on a forum just like ours, they can not figure out where the extra oil is coming from.
I was grabbing some beers with Steven Hawking over the weekend and ran this conundrum past him.
The Hawkster says, in a parallel universe there is now a bike with 5 quarts too much oil in it.
And, on a forum just like ours, they can not figure out where the extra oil is coming from.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 2,664
Likes: 184
From: Indiana, USA
Update (of sorts),dont have the right tools at home so loaded it an took it to local shop.Good man but very busy and leaving for his own planned trip.Didnt pull the cam cover as he's fresh out of gaskets and didnt want to leave it open for 4 days.
Hes very easy to work with so I did an experiment (blessing maybe)disconnected the 2 hoses connecting the engine to oil tank,found them to be dry rotted and weak, but connected an empty oil bottle to return (top) and full to intake with 3/8 hose,fired it up,pump seems to be fine and it pumped the full empty and filled the empty about the same amount (maybe a tad more) but with the top reconnected it would't return oil to the tank?So,back to head scratching and have to wait till tues.,to get new gaskets and wed. for new connecting hoses, special order not in stock.Now have another 1/2 qt.hiding somewhere.Hooked up air hose to return and no obstruction in the tank but who knows.
Hes very easy to work with so I did an experiment (blessing maybe)disconnected the 2 hoses connecting the engine to oil tank,found them to be dry rotted and weak, but connected an empty oil bottle to return (top) and full to intake with 3/8 hose,fired it up,pump seems to be fine and it pumped the full empty and filled the empty about the same amount (maybe a tad more) but with the top reconnected it would't return oil to the tank?So,back to head scratching and have to wait till tues.,to get new gaskets and wed. for new connecting hoses, special order not in stock.Now have another 1/2 qt.hiding somewhere.Hooked up air hose to return and no obstruction in the tank but who knows.
Got an update for us nomad billy/
