Delmar
Active Member
I have owned the 2001 Police Road King for around one month and 700+ miles. The mileage on the bike is 35,000 now. Previously it has never dripped or let oil collect in the air cleaner cover. I know this as a fact because I recently removed the cover for polishing and so would have noticed any oil accumulation.
Today I made a 100+ mile run with the wife and on the way home we stopped for a burger. Upon returning to the bike I found a 6” diameter oil puddle under the bike, oil dripping from the air cover, and more oil blown down the side of the bike. Checking the dipstick it had lost about half a quart.
I never accelerated hard today, especially considering the wife was behind me and her passenger backrest has yet to arrive. I babied away from every stop to not make her feel like she will fall off the seat.
I took an easy 20-minute ride home and parked the bike over cardboard. I noticed some oil dripping from various parts of the frame, a much smaller amount than noticed at the burger joint, but none under the air cleaner where the original puddle was.
Upon removal of the air cleaner cover I noticed oil accumulated both inside and outside the filter. The only thing I noticed amiss was that the two S-hoses that connect the heads to the filter element were dried & cracked at the head fitting. For now I cutoff the cracked ends, reversed the hose to stick the cut end inside the filter housing and reassembled.
When the bike cools I’m going to give it a good bath, and then take it for a test ride and look for more leaks. Any ideas on what would suddenly cause it to puke oil, or more things I can check?
Today I made a 100+ mile run with the wife and on the way home we stopped for a burger. Upon returning to the bike I found a 6” diameter oil puddle under the bike, oil dripping from the air cover, and more oil blown down the side of the bike. Checking the dipstick it had lost about half a quart.
I never accelerated hard today, especially considering the wife was behind me and her passenger backrest has yet to arrive. I babied away from every stop to not make her feel like she will fall off the seat.
I took an easy 20-minute ride home and parked the bike over cardboard. I noticed some oil dripping from various parts of the frame, a much smaller amount than noticed at the burger joint, but none under the air cleaner where the original puddle was.
Upon removal of the air cleaner cover I noticed oil accumulated both inside and outside the filter. The only thing I noticed amiss was that the two S-hoses that connect the heads to the filter element were dried & cracked at the head fitting. For now I cutoff the cracked ends, reversed the hose to stick the cut end inside the filter housing and reassembled.
When the bike cools I’m going to give it a good bath, and then take it for a test ride and look for more leaks. Any ideas on what would suddenly cause it to puke oil, or more things I can check?