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techtalk:ih:oil03q [2021/11/11 00:29] hippysmack [77-85 Oil Pump General Wear and Damage Issues] |
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| **Note: Any time there is a question about the oiling system, FIRST MAKE SURE THERE IS OIL RETURNING TO THE OIL TANK**. \\ | **Note: Any time there is a question about the oiling system, FIRST MAKE SURE THERE IS OIL RETURNING TO THE OIL TANK**. \\ | ||
| If there is no oil returning, do not run the engine any longer until you've discovered why that is. \\ | If there is no oil returning, do not run the engine any longer until you've discovered why that is. \\ | ||
| - | Seeing oil returning to the tank is usually a good thing. It verifies that the return side of the pump is working. ((Hopper of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1974975&page=13)) \\ | + | Seeing oil returning to the tank is usually a good thing. It verifies that the return side of the pump is working. ((Hopper of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/183572-oil-light-flickering-at-55mph/page13?t=1974975&page=13)) \\ |
| (which verifies the drive gear that drives the shaft that drives both pumps is working) \\ | (which verifies the drive gear that drives the shaft that drives both pumps is working) \\ | ||
| On the old gear pumps, it is a pretty good indicator that oil is coming out, so oil must be going in. \\ | On the old gear pumps, it is a pretty good indicator that oil is coming out, so oil must be going in. \\ | ||
