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techtalk:ref:oil05a [2019/06/12 18:16] hippysmack |
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====== REF: Oiling & Lubrication - Sub-05A ====== | ====== REF: Oiling & Lubrication - Sub-05A ====== | ||
====== High Pressure Oil Bypass ====== | ====== High Pressure Oil Bypass ====== | ||
+ | **This is a Race Only Mod - Install this mod at your own risk!. \\ | ||
+ | This mod can also be installed on motors with EXTREME wetsumping issues. \\ | ||
+ | Generally speaking, if a street motor wet sumps bad enough to NEED this mod, there are many more items to check off that might need attention instead. \\ | ||
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**Theory behind installing a high pressure bypass**: \\ | **Theory behind installing a high pressure bypass**: \\ | ||
The supply side of the oil pump is over supplying oil to the crank case during sustained high RPM running. \\ | The supply side of the oil pump is over supplying oil to the crank case during sustained high RPM running. \\ | ||
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Just adding a cooler may not solve this problem. \\ | Just adding a cooler may not solve this problem. \\ | ||
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. \\ | ||
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+ | 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 the pressure regulator on 92 and up 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. \\ | Some have found it useful to build bypass circuits to bleed off excess oil pressure and send it back to the tank. \\ | ||
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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**? \\ |