I found a leak the other day after a 60 mile ride. Parked and went in the store came out and there was a puddle the size of my fist on the ground. It looks as if it is coming from a hose that is running from the oil tank to the engine somewhere or from the engine to the oil tank. Does anyone know where this oil line goes? Its the one you can most easily see and the hose goes down behind the right side cover.

 

It's kinda hard to see the leaky hose from my house. If you do a Google image search for "Sportster oil hose routing" you may find a diagram that will show you where they go.

 

Lol I know It was a longshot that someone knew what i was speaking about. There are two hoses right there under the oil tank and the bottom one is the one I am talking about. But I will google search again

 

Without a picture, it's pretty hard to advise. Do you have a FSM so you can identify which oil line may/may not be leaking?

You have a feed, return, and vent line, also your oil drain hose going to the oil tank. At least three possible sources of leakage.

John

 

My real question is how do I access the oil pump so I can replace this whole oil hose?

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I think Its the main oil feed line. I just want to replace that whole line. My concern is getting to the other end of this line.

 

Probably going to have to remove the sprocket cover, which means pulling your exhaust pipes, etc. so you have some good acess. What year is your bike? You may need to remove a lot more to be able to get at the crimped clamps that hold the stock hoses. If you change one, change them all at once.

John

 

Oh that sucks !

 

Actually, it feeds, the other one sucks. A little oil pump humor there.

I've heard you should also use bulk auto transmission oil lines rather than gas/vapor lines for better heat resistance. And fuel injection hose clamps, someone here is a big advocate of those.

John

 

Man I am not looking forward to getting to those hoses. Sounds like its gonna be a bitch.