Topic: CB750 belly pan oil tank

[Jonny Rock-it]

So I'm currently working on my CB550 build, but alreadly looking on to my next built...a CB750. I love the 750 but hate the oil tank, would there be a way a belly pan could be made to work as an oil tank?

[cougar]

Jonny ; Not really, unless your belly pan is above the oil pan  . The oil is fed to the oil pump with gravity which is why it's in the tank above the oil pan. Simplest answer I can give. Others?    ...cougar...     

[shinyribs]

I dont see why not. The tank does gravity feed,but I dont think the pick up sump of the pump depends on it. I was having trouble finding a spot on a Cb750 Im building to mount an oil tank and considered this same idea. I was just gonna get a spacer machined to lower the stock pan and then lower the sump back into the pan. You would also need to install a bung of some sort to install a dipstick/filler tube. I scrapped the idea due to ground clearance concerns.

[rhinoracer]

The oil pump is made of two separate sides, one scavenges oil from the dry sump back to the oil tank. This side does not depend on gravity.

The other side is the one that provides oil pressure to all the engine internals, this side is fed by gravity from the oil tank. It has no provision to scavenge oil, so like Cougar said unless your oil tank is above the oil pump it will run dry.