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You need to get the oil out of the crankcase so it does not interfere with motion of the crank and cause the heating problem in the first place. \\ | You need to get the oil out of the crankcase so it does not interfere with motion of the crank and cause the heating problem in the first place. \\ | ||
- | The proposed approach is to bleed off excess high pressure oil from the feed side of the oil pump. \\ | + | To regulate the oil pressure you have to bleed some of it off. ((aswracing of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showpost.php?p=4341107&postcount=6)) \\ |
+ | 4-speeds have a spring loaded pressure regulator built into the oil filter pad that does exactly that. \\ | ||
+ | There's a passage from the filter pad into the cam box. \\ | ||
+ | If the pressure gets high enough, the regulator opens and bleeds off some of the pressurized oil, dropping it into the cam box. \\ | ||
+ | Then it eventually drains down to the crankcase and gets pumped back to the tank. \\ | ||
+ | They did away with this on 5-speed XL's though. \\ | ||
+ | Evo Big Twins have a spring loaded bleed-off regulator, as do Twinkies, XR1200's, and 08-up Buells. \\ | ||
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+ | Some have found it useful to build bypass circuits to bleed off excess oil pressure and send it back to the tank. \\ | ||
Such that the scavaging side of the pump will be able to evacuate the oil from the crankcase before it starts to wet sump and generate the added heat. \\ | Such that the scavaging side of the pump will be able to evacuate the oil from the crankcase before it starts to wet sump and generate the added heat. \\ | ||
+ | But this does reduce oil pressure across the board, as opposed to opening a bypass when the pressure exceeds a certain point. \\ | ||
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+ | {{:techtalk:ref:oil:oil_pressure_bypass_mod_14_by_aswracing.jpg?direct&300|}} ((photo by aswracing of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showpost.php?p=4341107&postcount=6)) | ||
====== Homemade Oil System Bypass (OSB) ====== | ====== Homemade Oil System Bypass (OSB) ====== | ||
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Later, a cam chest breather mod was discovered by Deimus of the XLFORUM that was deemed a fix for better crankcase venting. \\ | Later, a cam chest breather mod was discovered by Deimus of the XLFORUM that was deemed a fix for better crankcase venting. \\ | ||
That mod did reduce crankcase pressure allowing for lower engine temps. | That mod did reduce crankcase pressure allowing for lower engine temps. | ||
- | You can read about it here in the Sportsterpedia: [[techtalk:ref:oil05d|Installing the Ultimate Crankcase Vent]]. \\ | + | You can read about it here in the Sportsterpedia: [[techtalk:ref:engmech05d|Installing the Ultimate Crankcase Vent]]. \\ |
**Coincidence**? \\ | **Coincidence**? \\ |