Wondering if you guys can help me on something that just started happening the other day.
After having my 74 850 sit for a couple of days, I found about a litre of oil in my drip pan. I checked the oil level cold and it was just showing on the stick. It seems to be coming out of the primary chain cover gasket at the front. A large drip forms when it is sitting on the kick stand.
I was told that there is a wet sump on the bike and sometimes the oil pools in it. I started the bike, let it run a few minutes and checked the oil hot. It was halfway between the low and full mark. I ran it a bit longer and checked again and it was holding at the halfway mark.
I stopped the bike, added half a liter and after 2 hours checked the dripping again.
It had dumped another liter out same spot.
Ok so my question is what triggers the oil to go into the sump and does this sound like the sump is the cause of this?
After having my 74 850 sit for a couple of days, I found about a litre of oil in my drip pan. I checked the oil level cold and it was just showing on the stick. It seems to be coming out of the primary chain cover gasket at the front. A large drip forms when it is sitting on the kick stand.
I was told that there is a wet sump on the bike and sometimes the oil pools in it. I started the bike, let it run a few minutes and checked the oil hot. It was halfway between the low and full mark. I ran it a bit longer and checked again and it was holding at the halfway mark.
I stopped the bike, added half a liter and after 2 hours checked the dripping again.
It had dumped another liter out same spot.
Ok so my question is what triggers the oil to go into the sump and does this sound like the sump is the cause of this?