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Old 04-19-2022 | 12:15 PM
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We have this conversation all the time with Flatheads, famous for sumping. Not a fan of it, that one time you forget might cost you more than a quart of oil on the ground.
While this is a valid point, it doesn't concern me as much as it might some. I tend to get into **** routines and this would quickly become one of them I'm fairly confident. I also wouldn't close or pinch it off every time I shut it down. I know where you're coming from tho.

Two words quickly come to mind...electrical and failure.
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Old 04-19-2022 | 05:50 PM
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Does pinching them off eventually cause the hose to weaken there? I would think so and why I thought of a shut off valve.
The two ends of the hard lines almost touch too. Not leaving much hose to pinch. But either way I'd have to do something about that so.
The "pinch" doesn't have to be a "gorilla" pinch; just close off the line with a little pressure. Even if a little seeps through, it shouldn't be enough to puke on start up. Won't hurt to try and with the big red set, pretty hard to miss them during a pre-ride check; keep it simple.
 
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Old 04-19-2022 | 06:00 PM
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Anyone try running a shut off valve in the oil feed line off tank of a Softail to keep it from draining when it sits? I never really had this issue til going to a 3 stage pump. Now it drains rather quickly. Of course it returns rather quickly too with the improved scavenging but I'd rather it didn't drain in the first place.
Sounds like a quality problem with the pump. Personally I wouldn't install a shut off in an oil line - that's just a disaster waiting to happen.
 
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Old 04-19-2022 | 06:20 PM
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While this is a valid point, it doesn't concern me as much as it might some. I tend to get into **** routines and this would quickly become one of them I'm fairly confident. I also wouldn't close or pinch it off every time I shut it down
If you don't do it every time, then it doesn't become routine.
 
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Old 04-19-2022 | 06:20 PM
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Sounds like a quality problem with the pump. Personally I wouldn't install a shut off in an oil line - that's just a disaster waiting to happen.
What sort of quality problem? It would have to be a widespread one. More like a design flaw as I'm not the only one with the problem on softails. Maybe an unintended by product of one of its features? Like vacuum controlled scavenging? I honestly don't know. Not limited to this pump either as far as I know, tho.
The inner most gerator IS beveled on the inside edge, btw if that's what you're thinking.
I'm 86ing the shut off in favor of just pinching it off.
 
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Old 04-19-2022 | 06:49 PM
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If you don't do it every time, then it doesn't become routine.
It would be one of those every time I park it in the garage things but not every time I shut it down elsewhere.
 
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Old 04-19-2022 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 60Gunner
What sort of quality problem? It would have to be a widespread one. More like a design flaw as I'm not the only one with the problem on softails. Maybe an unintended by product of one of its features? Like vacuum controlled scavenging? I honestly don't know. Not limited to this pump either as far as I know, tho.
The inner most gerator IS beveled on the inside edge, btw if that's what you're thinking.
I'm 86ing the shut off in favor of just pinching it off.
Meaning you installed an aftermarket pump and it sumps - quality problem. Your post says you never had the problem until you installed said pump. I am sure some NGKs will fix it right up though...
 
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Old 04-19-2022 | 07:08 PM
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Meaning you installed an aftermarket pump and it sumps - quality problem. Your post says you never had the problem until you installed said pump. I am sure some NGKs will fix it right up though...
I should've known having any sort of intelligent conversation with you just isn't possible. It's like an oxymoron. Anything other than oem, no matter how poorly oem functions, is a problem as far as you're concerned.
At least it doesn't sump going down the road at 4500 rpm.
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Old 04-19-2022 | 07:12 PM
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I should've known having any sort of intelligent conversation with you just isn't possible. It's like an oxymoron. Anything other than oem, no matter how poorly oem functions, is a problem as far as you're concerned.
At least it doesn't sump going down the road at 4500 rpm.
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Old 04-19-2022 | 07:19 PM
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Now don't keep editing your post to make it look friendlier. Be the grump that you are - own it man, own it!
 
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