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Crank Case Oil Leak
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<blockquote data-quote="Albervin" data-source="post: 17188" data-attributes="member: 586"><p>Depending on the type of pistons/rings & the initial clearances in the bore, it can take up to a thousand miles to bed everything in. My Rapide was still bedding in & getting faster after 3 thousand miles. Besides the elephant's trunk do you have another breather attached? What sort of breather did you have before the elephant's trunk? I thought elephant's trunks had a valve incorporated into them but I could be mistaken. There has been a lot of talk about 2 start oil pumps & their usefulness on street machines. Tom Gaynor has written several worthy pieces on the subject & you would be well served by searching for them in the archives. After the bike has been standing for a couple of days place a pan under it & check the amount of oil that comes out of the sump. It shouldn't be very much at all, maybe 100 ml (4 ozs) to 200ml max.</p><p>Do you have the "joggle" wires fitted to the rocker bolts? Because you are feeding oil from the pressure side the oil level in the sump may be at higher levels than normal......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albervin, post: 17188, member: 586"] Depending on the type of pistons/rings & the initial clearances in the bore, it can take up to a thousand miles to bed everything in. My Rapide was still bedding in & getting faster after 3 thousand miles. Besides the elephant's trunk do you have another breather attached? What sort of breather did you have before the elephant's trunk? I thought elephant's trunks had a valve incorporated into them but I could be mistaken. There has been a lot of talk about 2 start oil pumps & their usefulness on street machines. Tom Gaynor has written several worthy pieces on the subject & you would be well served by searching for them in the archives. After the bike has been standing for a couple of days place a pan under it & check the amount of oil that comes out of the sump. It shouldn't be very much at all, maybe 100 ml (4 ozs) to 200ml max. Do you have the "joggle" wires fitted to the rocker bolts? Because you are feeding oil from the pressure side the oil level in the sump may be at higher levels than normal...... [/QUOTE]
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