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Offline yellowjacket

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How to tell if I am getting oil to my top end?
« on: March 07, 2016, 08:26:09 AM »
Is there a way to tell if oil is getting to my top end?  78 CB550.
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Re: How to tell if I am getting oil to my top end?
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2016, 08:33:26 AM »
take off a tappet cover while your bike is running
check both sides.
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Re: How to tell if I am getting oil to my top end?
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2016, 08:39:32 AM »
Will it be obvious that it is getting oil?
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Re: How to tell if I am getting oil to my top end?
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2016, 09:19:59 AM »
Quote from: yellowjacket on March 07, 2016, 08:39:32 AM
Will it be obvious that it is getting oil?
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oil should be splashing around a bit, keeping everything wet.
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'78 750K (F3 engine) PD42b's, Modified airbox w/K&N  filter, 40/110 jets, 1 needle shim, IMS@ 1 turn out. Kerker + Cone 18" QuietCore

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Re: How to tell if I am getting oil to my top end?
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2016, 05:56:19 PM »
Make sure its running, kicking it over by foot wont generate enough pressure..
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Offline rklystron

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Re: How to tell if I am getting oil to my top end?
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2016, 08:34:29 PM »
To be safe you can pull the plugs. No compression on cylinders. Pull tappet covers on 1 and 4. Intake or exhaust. Hit starter and look for oil. It will be obvious. Sometimes it takes while to get oil up to the valve train, especially if you pulled the oil pump, so do not freak out if it takes a little while.
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