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[Sprintkid]

I have a 2011 FLTRUSE with 18,000mi. I have the cat removed and a SERT. I change the oil religiously and ride mostly 2 up on various roads on or around the speed limit. I just recently have had engine oil showing up at the bottom of my airfilter. It is not running out but has enough to make a few drops that blow onto the side cover and right side of bike. Any Ideas?

[dlaws01]

Probably over serviced. Try running it about a half quart lower in the engine oil. That should prevent this problem. 

[grc]

I have a 2011 FLTRUSE with 18,000mi. I have the cat removed and a SERT. I change the oil religiously and ride mostly 2 up on various roads on or around the speed limit. I just recently have had engine oil showing up at the bottom of my airfilter. It is not running out but has enough to make a few drops that blow onto the side cover and right side of bike. Any Ideas?

First, make sure the oil level is not even a tiny bit too high.  For many of us, running the oil a pint below full solved the carryover problem.  However, if you are running the oil level the same as you have for the first 18k miles, and you didn't have a problem during all that time, then you might need to dig deeper. 

Remove the air filter element and see just how much oil is actually collecting in the filter and backing plate.  It may be that the small amount of carryover that's pretty much normal has just built up over a long time and finally saturated the bottom of the filter element.  Clean everything thoroughly, including the filter element, and then ride for a few thousand miles and inspect again.

Jerry

[Sprintkid]

Thanks for the insight. I checked the oil warm and on the jiffy stand. It is between 1/2 and 3/4 qt low. The lower rear half of the aircleaner is saturated. It is due for service. I spoke with the service writer at dealership and he said something in the aircleaner base could be loose causing oil to get into aircleaner. He did mention that It might have been overfilled. It definitely is my bad for not double checking the level after service. Is there a PCV type valve between motor and aircleaner that works on engine vacuum to evacuate crankcase pressure? Thanks again for all info and I truly appreciate the quality of this forum and its members. It is cool to be a part of. Thanks all and be SAFE!!

[Sprintkid]

Found scavange side of oil pump not working. Going to the Feulling set up and stuffing some bumpsticks in her while she is apart.

[grc]

Found scavange side of oil pump not working. Going to the Feulling set up and stuffing some bumpsticks in her while she is apart.

Care to expand on that a bit?  What actually failed, and do you know why it failed?

Jerry

[Sprintkid]

It looks like there is machining problem. The cam plate has some uneven wear on it and there is some markings inside the bore around the orbiter. There was 4 extra ounces of oil in the sump when it was drained. We are staying with a new stock screamin eagle cam plate with Feulling pump, T-Man 625 cams, S&S lifters, screamin eagle pushrods and are going to replace the top end breather plates. The hope is for improved scavenging and eliminating wet sumping.

[grc]

It looks like there is machining problem. The cam plate has some uneven wear on it and there is some markings inside the bore around the orbiter. There was 4 extra ounces of oil in the sump when it was drained. We are staying with a new stock screamin eagle cam plate with Feulling pump, T-Man 625 cams, S&S lifters, screamin eagle pushrods and are going to replace the top end breather plates. The hope is for improved scavenging and eliminating wet sumping.

Make sure they check the crank runout.

Jerry

[Sprintkid]

Sure will. Thanks for tips. Anyone else had experience with Feulling oil pump ?

[North Georgia Hawg]

Sure will. Thanks for tips. Anyone else had experience with Feulling oil pump ?

I have the Feuling 8015 cam plate and the 7060 oil pump. I like the setup. Works great.

Anyone who needs a stock cam plate and oil pump, feel free to PM me. I don't know what they're worth. They came out of the Honey Badger and they have about 5000 miles on them and are in good shape.

Ken