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Series D oil tank
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<blockquote data-quote="Gary Gittleson" data-source="post: 92325" data-attributes="member: 3625"><p>David,</p><p>I made a simple splash shield out of thin aluminum and it may help a little. Less oil does indeed come out with less oil in the tank but it makes me a little nervous. Mr. Richardson says the capacity is 5 pints. That translates to 6 US pints or 3 US quarts. There's no way the tank will hold that much. I have it off the bike and tested it. At 1.8 US quarts, it's about one inch below the bottom of the filler neck. I don't I should have less oil than that in it. Two quarts seems reasonable. </p><p></p><p>As to the engine, it's not smoking and the top end is in good shape. Runs quite well. The one-way valve on the breather made a huge difference in oil coming out the usual places. The breather itself hardly produces any oil at all. I was thinking that piping the excess pressure (assuming that's what I have) from the tank to the engine should allow the oil that's carried with it to drop to through the engine and the excess air would be dealt with by the breather. I also think that one advantage of the D breather setup is that its source is high on the engine and less likely to carry oil than one lower down. </p><p>Thanks and cheers,</p><p>Gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gary Gittleson, post: 92325, member: 3625"] David, I made a simple splash shield out of thin aluminum and it may help a little. Less oil does indeed come out with less oil in the tank but it makes me a little nervous. Mr. Richardson says the capacity is 5 pints. That translates to 6 US pints or 3 US quarts. There's no way the tank will hold that much. I have it off the bike and tested it. At 1.8 US quarts, it's about one inch below the bottom of the filler neck. I don't I should have less oil than that in it. Two quarts seems reasonable. As to the engine, it's not smoking and the top end is in good shape. Runs quite well. The one-way valve on the breather made a huge difference in oil coming out the usual places. The breather itself hardly produces any oil at all. I was thinking that piping the excess pressure (assuming that's what I have) from the tank to the engine should allow the oil that's carried with it to drop to through the engine and the excess air would be dealt with by the breather. I also think that one advantage of the D breather setup is that its source is high on the engine and less likely to carry oil than one lower down. Thanks and cheers, Gary [/QUOTE]
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