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[Electra05glidecvo]

People who have this bike, what kind of oil pressure does your bike have. Mine runs right around 15-20 cruising, up to 30 if im cranking on it at highway speeds. Is this normal or should i be getting it looked at. Thanks in afvance.

[hd-dude]

Normal, and can be very low at idle ~5-8 lbs. how many miles? If near 30k check the cam chain tensioners!

[grc]

Normal is approximately 30 to 32 cruising at 2000 - 2500 rpm and full operating temperature.  It will increase at higher rpms up to around 36.  Of course it drops off considerably at idle, but with the original equipment pump and cam chest components it normally ran at 10 psi.  When I changed my cam plate and cams to the new style (2007 and up), idle pressure dropped to anywhere from 5 to 8 psi hot which was common on the 2007 and up Twin Cams.

My bike started showing symptoms like yours at about 20k miles, with reduced pressure at cruise and idle, thus my change to a new plate and pump along with a cam change.  The old pump showed no real damage and little wear, leading me to believe it was more of a bypass valve sticking open issue than a pump worn out issue.  I recommend updating to the later style higher output pump and plate with hydraulic chain tensioners. 

Jerry

[Electra05glidecvo]

Thx guys. Bike has 17k on it. I was just curious what others were getting psi wise.

[grc]

Thx guys. Bike has 17k on it. I was just curious what others were getting psi wise.

Harley's specification is 30 to 38 psi at 2000+ rpm at normal operating temperature (230°F).  Before you assume yours is too low, verify your pressure with a real mechanics gauge teed into the bikes pressure sending unit port.  It's not always a pump problem, sometimes the sending unit or gauge is faulty.

Jerry

[TraumaSlave]

Just go ahead and bite the bullet. Change the cam tensioners out for gear drive cams and swap over to the s&s blue plate and oil pump. Fixes all problems.

[CVODON]

I had one of those bikes. I did change the pump and plate, Personally I disagree with the use of Gear Drive Cams. Just doesn't seem necessary to me on a low rpm engine. Harmonics are also a concern, I know lots of folks use them but I wouldn't.