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Expert: Mike Wells
Date: 5/11/2008
Subject: sporster harley 1999
Question
i have a 1999 harley sporster.it is using oil not smoking or leaking. it has 25,000 miles on it.it started using oil in 2007. i have been adding oil at least once a week when i ride which is 500 miles a week during the summer months.it set all winter in my shed. i brought it out may 11 2008 and rode it down the road brought it back and checked the oil and it was over flowing? any suggestions?
Answer
You can burn oil without smoking if your rings are starting to go bad. You would either have to do a leakdown test, or pull the top end and inspect it.
If the bike set over the winter and you filled it before starting it, you might have had oil in the bottom end and it pumped the oil back into the oil tank over filling it.
Good luck and happy riding
Mike
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