How do you prime a Harley Evo oil pump?
How to Prime a Harley Oil Pump
- Install the oil pump.
- Remove check valve cover screw with a flat head screwdriver.
- Remove the check valve ball with a mechanic’s magnet from inside the oil pump body.
- Look inside the open check valve.
- Pour clean engine oil into the cavity if it remains empty and wait for five minutes.
How do you remove the oil pump on a Harley Evo?
So, here’s how you should (try to) do it:
- Loosen the four cover bolts.
- Remove the two outer bolts if you manage.
- Pull cover sideways out/wriggle it out.
- Remove oil pump shaft circlip (on the innermost gear)
- Pull the gear off.
- Loosen/pull out two top bolts.
- Pull the gear oil pump housing straight off.
How much oil pressure should a Harley Evo have?
Perfectly normal. Repair Manual gives specs of 7-35 psi range. Evo doesn’t need oil pressure so much as oil presence.
How do I know if my motorcycle oil pump is working?
There are many symptoms to look for when the oil pump goes bad. Some of the common symptoms are: noise from the valve train, strange noises from the hydraulic lifters, reduced oil pressure, a hotter engine, and a noisy oil pump. Usually, the oil pump doesn’t get servicing until it actually starts to fail.
What kind of oil does a 1999 Softail use?
The 1999 Softail series uses the same Twin-Cam 88 motor used in recent models, lubricated by three separate fluids for the engine, transmission, and primary. However, many riders are uncertain of how to to change the motorcycle’s engine oil, due mostly to the apparent absence of an oil drain plug.
What are the oil lines on a Harley Evo?
The evolution’s external filter requires two oil lines; one line feeds. on a evo motor with a horseshoe style tank (main feed in back [?] and two fittings up towards the front) and a factory oil pump (two fittings. pull out my 90 FX/Softail HD Service Manual & the only oil line diagram is for.
How do you change the oil in a Softail?
Remove the oil tank filler cap and add up to three quarts of oil into the tank. Replace the filler cap and wipe way any oil spills with a shop towel. Start the motor and loosen the oil filter until a thin bead of oil begins to seep out from between the motor and the filter. Tighten the filter by hand and stop the motor.
How to fix an oil leak in an Evo?
This product can be found many places, one source is: www.eastwood.com Genuine Red Glyptal Imporves Oil Circulation Recommended by many high performance engine rebuilding books, Glyptal seals the tiny pores. Real Old HD motors had problems weeping right thru the case, fix was to split the cases & paint the insides with RED GLYPTAL….
The 1999 Softail series uses the same Twin-Cam 88 motor used in recent models, lubricated by three separate fluids for the engine, transmission, and primary. However, many riders are uncertain of how to to change the motorcycle’s engine oil, due mostly to the apparent absence of an oil drain plug.
The evolution’s external filter requires two oil lines; one line feeds. on a evo motor with a horseshoe style tank (main feed in back [?] and two fittings up towards the front) and a factory oil pump (two fittings. pull out my 90 FX/Softail HD Service Manual & the only oil line diagram is for.
Remove the oil tank filler cap and add up to three quarts of oil into the tank. Replace the filler cap and wipe way any oil spills with a shop towel. Start the motor and loosen the oil filter until a thin bead of oil begins to seep out from between the motor and the filter. Tighten the filter by hand and stop the motor.
How long does it take for an Evo motor to dry?
I have around a 1990 80″ EVO motor on a custom chopper i built. I can fill my primary with 1.5 qrts and in twenty minutes time the primary will be dry. The primary oil is pulled into the motor oil system and overflows out the crankcase vent.