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Issues with oil pressure light and metal in oil

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Old 03-24-2022, 05:45 AM
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I think you should take the bike to a Good shop and let then diagnose and fix it
 
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Old 03-24-2022, 05:52 AM
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Welcome from North Beach, FL., USA!

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Old 03-24-2022, 08:24 PM
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A magnet will only pick up magnetic pieces of metal, which would account for what 50% of the engine mass? So it could be aluminum, bronze or copper. Non of which have strong magnetic reactions. Aluminum doesn't have any,copper and bronze do only in contact with a very large magnet


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Old 04-02-2022, 11:59 AM
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Follow up, harley has it in their shop, said the oil pump likely failed and there is no oil circulating, some scorching on the cylinder wall, fouled spark plugs, they now need to look at the drive gear on the pinion to see if there is further damage. Great.
 
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