oil in air cleaner on 2017 streetglide
#11
07-30-2017, 08:45 PM
#12
07-30-2017, 08:54 PM
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great idea..would poking some holes in the top part of the container for ventilation be a good idea? curious to how quickly it typically fills up..and this is probably going to sound like a real stretch..but think part of the airbox design and effectiveness is to have the incoming charge of air swirl around and that blocks some of the effect...would think that little restrictive air filter element needs all the help it can get..just a thought
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mjwebb (07-30-2017)
#13
07-30-2017, 08:56 PM
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Thats perfect ! I dug through my garage looking for something like that.. Got sick of looking though. Do you remember the part number for that?
#14
07-30-2017, 08:59 PM
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Yeah, 2 minutes.. The bottle is held in place on its own so all I have to do is pull the hose off the "T" that connects the two separate hoses and slap the factory curved hose back on.
#15
07-31-2017, 12:15 AM
I am running oil level at half way mark on dipstick and i still get oil in air cleaner and oil level goes down because of this. I am going to bring bike into dealer for this and was wondering what they will do to to determine the cause and what would be the fixes. And if oil level is correct at half way mark why don't they make that the full mark. I feel you should be able to keep oil at full mark and no problem with oil in air cleaner. Thanks
#16
07-31-2017, 08:00 AM
With the oil truly hot you shouldn't have to run it low to prevent oil being pushed into the air filter. Don't believe the BS that all Harley's do that. They don't. I've had 1 Shovel, 2 Evo's and 3 TwinCams and my current M8 is the only Harley that pushed significant liquid into the air filter. My bike is doing the same thing as yours. Don't modify a damn thing just take it back as many times as it takes until they make it right.
#17
07-31-2017, 08:17 AM
#18
07-31-2017, 09:16 AM
That's a fair question. In my case after 6 shop visits that included a new engine the bike's going to be replaced. IMHO Harley still doesn't completely understand a handful of issues select bikes are having. Sumping, oil in the air filter and transferring transmission lube into the primary.
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B&SCycle (06-25-2020)
#19
07-31-2017, 09:44 AM
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That's a fair question. In my case after 6 shop visits that included a new engine the bike's going to be replaced. IMHO Harley still doesn't completely understand a handful of issues select bikes are having. Sumping, oil in the air filter and transferring transmission lube into the primary.