I looked in to the root of a heavy oil leak coming from the air intake cleaner. It turned out to be a simple mistake, overlooked by a dealership technician.
"Factory trained" techs are a thing of the past. Most dealer techs, bike and car, are not properly trained and actually don't know how to do things right. I've worked on cars and bikes professionally over 40 years and never went a full year without some type of training and refresher courses as bikes and cars progressed into better machines. Great video, it's good to see young folks take pride in their work.
Do not feel bad for that dealership. This is probably not the only person as you mentioned that has been burned by that place. Hack work is hack work. The service manager is not doing his job and obviously neither is the tech's. I am the senior tech at an independent Harley Davidson shop in Detroit. We see this crap all the time. We don't do the ten year garbage either. We work on any year or model Harley. I've been a master tech with over 43 years experience. I make it my mission to give the best service possible. We can't fix stupid, but we can fix their dump mistakes. Keep up the great work.
I truly believe that word of mouth is the best advertisement and I would bet you are as busy as you want or can handle but the more times you fix a simple screw up like this the more work your going to get! I hope you get to ride more than just test rides but that's more than I have been able to do lately keep the rubber size down much respect
Start with their engeneers, when you still build crap after 120 years, something is real wrong. Why not hire Japanese ingeneers like they once did for the "German" V Rod? Be honest, the quality difference is visible.
Great video. Nice to see an honest mechanic taking care of customers. I put a stage 1 on my 2020 Softail Standard and the Screamin' Eagle Air Breather shows a mist of oil on the right side cover. I hope I may have just put too much oil on during the installation.
I'm glad I stumbled across your channel. Subscribed. I have a 15 softail slim and it is leaking from the filter. Has done it since I purchased it. Supposedly it previously had work done it. I know it's at least a stage 2, but was told by the dealer stage 4. I considered a catch can. But maybe I'll lift the rocker box first. Look forward to watching more great content. Thanks Tim. ..
Thanks for posting and very informative. Was having a similar issue with my 2018 107 M8 and think the issue was fixed. However, I’m going to explore some other options and upgrades to keep the bike running as long as possible. Was mostly in the hotter weather (95 plus degrees in the Southwest) and one HD dealer in California was suggesting I replace the oil pump which I declined. Potentially going to upgrade to Fueling Parts oil pump (if needed) and their breathers. Thanks again. PS, no,issues currently
wow....i'm a newbie....saw your video...after seeing 22 videos...your version is simple and way better. just bought my street glide and put my KN filter and its leeaking oil....gonna check it out. thank you. hope your continue...subscribing.
Man, I have 2021 Road Glide special that started leaking oil out of the air cleaner like there is no other. Same thing dripping oil nonstop. Thank you for the info. New subscriber!
thanks for the great info, I do all my own maintenance work on my bike and love to learn and with the shop rate so high it makes it easy to afford the tools. Looking forward to watching more of your channel. 👍😎
Awesome job fellow. Thanks for correcting the problem . It sucks that dealers don't have any experienced help. Putting on accessories is to the extent they can do. SMH
my 16' 103 used to leak oil out of the filter housing especially on hot days and riding two up? more so with the K&N high flow filter and the dealership told me it was a common problem and to just clean the filter more frequently! i used high temp grease on the backside of the filter where it buts up to the plate and it helped some on longer trips
Hey, Gilstrap. Great video and a spot-on diag. We too are a small shop comprised of people who are not down with the average (at best) service that our motorcycle manufacturer's service departments are putting out. Your dialogue on the test ride echoes our sentiments exactly. Keep up the good work, bro!
My man! Thank you 🙏🏻 I’m focused way more on over all quality than I am on getting work in and out. Unfortunately, that’s how the dealers value their time.
Hi Brandon, Daniel here from South Africa. Thank you for your excellent and informative video. I ride a 2016 H/D Sporster iron 883. Also experienced oil leaking from the head breather, seems to be on the back head. Thought it was a major issue, however, after watching a few clips I realised its a 'normal' procedure for the excess oil to be expelled into the air filter system. On stripping the housing I noticed theres a gap between the housing and the breather.... Will sort it out, thank you for sharing your knowledge, very much appreciated.
I got burned by my local dealership. No more HD service for me. I bought service / shop manuals for my particular scooters and doing the work myself from now on. Now I'm laying out my hard earned pay on specialty tools n parts, not only am I teaching myself about wrenching on my machines, I know its done right at the end. Great video.
Wow, just wow. How do they miss that! I mean Jesus Christ, that's a huge oversight. Nice catch man! And from what I've seen since I've started watching ur channel, u do great work man. Very capable mechanic and your attention to detail is spot on. I'd totally trust u to work on my bike any day!
Awesome job finding and fixing the issue! I hope the owner of the bike let the shop in question know their mechanic made a mistake just so it doesn’t happen again to someone else.
I agree with you 100% I’m not the best and I don’t claim to be, but I have been a Harley Davidson Tech for going on 5 years now and it is crazy the stuff I see that comes to my shop from a dealership.
Your work proves your better then what they say they are bro, don’t feel bad for calling these guys out who will fuck you over time and time again your work proves it you don’t even have to say shit about it. Keep doing what your doing .
Hey man I have a 2000 heritage Softail and I'm leaking oil out of my air filter just like how was happening with your man and I haven't checked the head breathers so I'm going to check my head breathers and if it is the same problem I want to thank you from the deepest part of my heart for the assisted help thank you keep it up
You are a class act. But I hope you reached out to the service manager at the dealer in question and notify him of the many issues you're aware of following repairs made at their dealership. It may be just one mechanic that's making these mistakes. In any case notifying the dealer will hopefully prevent others from experiencing substandard maintenance and repairs.
This just might be the answer I've been looking for. I seem to go through a quart of oil every couple of rides. Thanks, Brandon!! Wish you were in Arizona!
Im a mechanic as well looks like your in victorville we both know we are better then Harley because we fix it not just replace parts your video was great Mitch
A major miss on the dealers part! I would be more than a little upset and would never trust them even with a simple oil change. I love the local small shops! better quality less money. Great video!
Great video. I am pretty mechanical and have done all the work on my 21 Road Glide so far, however, if I was to run across an issue I thought was above my skill level, I would always look to an Indy shop before a dealership. Indy shops usually rely on word of mouth and reputation. Also, as I found out from doing work on friend's bikes, the Indy shop would most definitely not want a come back or revisit because of shoddy work they performed.
Well done mate. This is everywhere now. So called techs half the time have no idea how things they work on - actually work. A mate here had his Harley not idling properly. We discussed throttle idle solenoid/throttle body etc gummed up/clean - but he took it to the dealer. Gave them the tuner box as it has stage one software etc - so they could check software loaded. They said "he had wrong software version loaded/they loaded correct". Then it wouldn't idle at all. So he brings it home, has to buy a cheap laptop (tuner not compatible with his Mac), reloads software version he HAD (they loaded wrong one) = that got bike back to "slight rough idle." THEN he just cleaned the solenoid/bypass idle (which we thought it was) = fixed. So they had NO IDEA, charged him to change what it wasn't/he had to spend money to "undo what they did" then actually fix it. As an "old bloke" it is easy to forget "what goes where/in what order." But as I understand exactly how it all works, then you know what goes where/when. If it can go in two ways, document/record it. It isn't hard. I do everything on my bikes/cars myself...........................but I have had this so many times where my family has taken vehicles to dealers because they have warranty/need service to keep it. They then stuff it up. We then wait for the warranty to run out, and then I fix it properly = no more trouble. My Dad's car, I TOLD them/SHOWED them what the problem was. They spent a couple of thousand on everything it wasn't - then I spent $100 on what I showed them it was = fixed. They often have no idea. I think what the average person now has to do is 1. Buy new vehicle and pray it is ok from factory. 2. Get is serviced and pray they ONLY change oil/fluids and do little else. Because that is the only way they won't make it worse/stuff it up. Sad but true.
New to your channel. Good video. My bikes leaking out doing the same thing. I’ve watched a few videos that show how to redirect the breather hose back into the crankcase. Problem solved…🤷🏻♂️ Your vid shows us the why it’s “puking oil”. So, thanks for that💪🏼 New subscriber now!!!
WOW, just another reason to stay away from the dealerships for service. When we find tech's like yourself it's like finding gold. I live in New Orleans and still use a guy in Burleson Tx. Well worth the time to travel for service above my pay grade. Thanks for the tip on the oil breathers.
thanks man...just bought a 2010 ultra classic....vance hines slip ons...air breather...and fuel pack...spitting out out some oil inside the air breather...will certainly check out your recommendations
When I do the breathers on engines that have higher compression & bigger cylinders... I drill those little drain back holes with a .062 drill bit... CrazyHorse Speed Shop NJ usa
Great video and yea the STEALER (aka dealer) are good for one thing, oem parts. The techs are lacking. Unless it’s an old dude in the service department. I have two, FLHTCUI-99 and a 2002 FLHTCU carb. And I wrench in my own. Service manual and some specialty tools and time and patience. But great catch on the problem.
ive got same bike awsome model i like how you just slid tank down to get to front rockers cover instead of getting petrol every where im going to put a fuel quick disconect in crossover line good vids mate
Wow, you found that right away and fixed the problem with no trouble. I love and respect your work ethic and the fact that you didn't want to bash the dealership. I wish you lived near me so that I could get on your waitlist for some work on my 87 HD FXLRC. The HD dealership I took it to charged me $350 to diagnose an electrical problem and couldn't find anything, due to the intermittent problem. My bike sputters, cuts out, runs on one cylinder (I believe), and/or just dies on me. When it happens, I turn everything off and try to restart the engine. Sometimes to it takes two or three times, then it will turn over and run smoothly. Any ideas on what the problem would be? I'm 66 but I still want to ride my Harley. I would like to keep this bad boy running so my son can get it when I'm gone. I love this vintage baby!
Where do you live Joe? I’ve got a couple ideas what it could be. Sounds like a possible short in the ignition system if it’s intermittent like that. Your ignition coils could be bad too. They may work great for a while and then cut out when they heat up.
Bloody well done m8, It's a real shame that Harley Dealerships give the buyers, "US" a bad taste in our mouth getting a new bike and the after service from the dealerships give this sort of crap service that miss putting parts back in when doing a simple head breather change/service. I'm no Harley mech' but I try to work on my own bike and if i stuff up, then it's MY butt that I kick, but if a "So called Harley Mech'" gives this sort of work, DAM!!!! There is a lot more I could write here but I'd get kicked off for "Ragging" a dealership using "Language" they don't like................ Good work brother, Keep the Wind in Ya Face and Not up your Butt" Cheers Teddy.
I wished u lived in my town. I am the same way. I am in QC business. I hate having to override somebodies decision. I believe it goes to how someone is trained or lack of. Also the persons work ethic. Maybe he should of asked before closing it up. Wouldn’t of hurt. I would rather make sure it was right. I do a little of my own mechanics as well on my softail. Great video
That's todays techs at alot of the dealerships. My 12 RK went in for black uppers & chrome lowers. All the wiring in the nacelle was literally crammed back in. At the time I was working 70 hour weeks & had no energy. Just swapped out the oil pump & C.S. plate. No more..hahaha
I wish you were closer! Had blow back on a bike that recently had cam replacement and feeling gear drive kit to replace worn out tensioners.. Refused to bring it back and had another indy look at it and it was a shotshow. He also said it was overfilled and it sumped. 6 months last Friday to be exact, I was taking same bike( 01 Fatboy) to a Rally, Same highway noticed smoke in my rear view then got off the next exit and AGAIN Oil spewed all over right side of Bike! Any thoughts? Great Video!!!
My 03 xl 1200 seems to have excessive oil in the air cleaner. I can see that bike is different in design. I was going try a newer year air cleaner for the look, but it doesn't fit a carb. I did notice the ports in the bolts were much smaller than what my old bolts are. Way back people used to say it was normal and lugging the engine to low was the cause. I'll be pulling the rocker box tops to switch them to chrome, is there anything I should check for? It did this since I bought it with 4000 miles on it, I would say probably not as bad as the bike you just worked on.
I am trying to find these parts online for a sportster, 2017 xl1200cx to be exact. I would like to refresh them as I notice a decent amount of oil condensate in the air cleaner. Having trouble finding the part number, as I would like to stay oem.
I want you working on my bike. Just because you seem to enjoy what you do and it shows in your work. You want happy customers. I'm hitting the subscribe button and look forward to your videos.
I've had the same oil issue for over a year with 3 different mech and still not fixed. This is my first king and I'm seriously thinking of going back to roadstars .
I got a 2005 Road King, 96 cube, with a carburettor. I got oil coming out the air filter, not much, usually just a bead. But after about 2-3 hours at 120-140 kph it'll start to drip. Also, a while back, the eng oil started reading high on the dipstick. I do all the oils and most other stuff myself, so I know I'm not overfilling it. But I also know bikes don't make oil. Any ideas would be appreciated.
I’m having a similar issue with my M8 Softail. About a week ago it started puking oil through my air cleaner. Never had any issues with it before. 2018 FLSB with just under 50k miles. Oil consumption has almost doubled from 1/2qt every 750-100 miles to 1/2qt every 400 miles. And of course it happened when I was on trip and 2000 miles from hours. Hoping the breathers are just jacked up. That’s what a different dealer shop thinks it is
Im looking for creative ways to add a catch can or some other version of keeping that oil out of my s&s stage1 intake. It has the little "pit-viper" holes that weep in and im guessing that just plugging them will f* up the ventilation... Anyway, I dug thr video, even though it wasnt what i was looking for. That was something, that I probably never would have considered, which is what i spend most of my time on RUclips, looking for. So im subscribing and look forward to future tidbits. Cheers
A good choice is an external breather. You definitely don’t want to plug it. I have a video coming out in about 3-4 weeks of an external breather installation
Nice video, now I know about those head breathers. My 07 Ultra just has some seepage coming from that rubber crossover hose externally. Guess those breathers could be clogged?
Not necessarily. A little oil venting out is normal. They come stock vented in to the intake for emission purposes, so a lot of the time you’ll see the butterfly valve on the throttle body oily. Quickest, easiest way to check the integrity of the breathers (didn’t talk about it in the video) is to drain your engine oil from the bike with your fill cap still secured/tight. If the oil flows freely, you need to change the breathers. If it gurgles back at you, you’re likely in good shape.
That’s wild and great job on catching it. I got an 08 Ultra Anniversary and previous owner had a screaming eagle throttle body put on by Harley. I bought a V&H Fp3 and never could get it autotune past a certain point ((40%!TPS)). Anyways i was cleaning my bike and checking for oil leaks basically getting it ready for riding season here in Ohio and as i was looking at rear valve cover on throttle body side I noticed that A Harley tech never put back in one of the bolts on the throttle body that mounts it to rear cylinder. Anyways luckily i had a correct bolt so i went ahead and put it back in. Now mind u i never got any codes nor did I notice any real issues as far as idling etc. before hand, but i decided to try Autotune again on my Fp3 thinking maybe just maybe that was causing my FP3 not to work properly and long behold it actually now works auto-tuning my map. I am the only one who work on my cars and bikes and it things like this + ur great catch in video is the reason why plus i save $$$ doing it myself and if something gets messed up I can’t blame anyone but myself. By the way i just changed the rocker box breathers on my bike last summer so whoever the tech was clearly didn’t pay attention to what he was doing when he took it apart cause it’s a pretty easy job and to screw up like that just Wow!
Things like that happen when people are in a hurry. I think the worst thing HD could have done was switching their employees from hourly to commission, because things get rushed. I’ve seen where those throttle body mounts become loose and they don’t throw codes, but they will idle really high at start up and then come back down. There is a sense of pride doing maintenance/repair on everything yourself.
@@GilstrapGarage i didn’t realize that HD put their Techs on commission and no doubt that is why things are being overlooked. Yeah i never had any issues with high idle or anything and i bet your right about throttle bolt probably just loosened up over time and probably fell out. I know for now on to check those bolts along with many others i do every year when she has to go in my garage for winter.
I have a brand new 22 fat bob that is also spitting more than normal oil out the air cleaner where it’s dripping down and I can see a lot of it in the clear glass air cleaner I empty the bottom I believe sump screw and got about 12oz of oil what could be the issue ? Any help would be appreciated thank you
An 86 evo wouldn’t have the same breather set up that this does, the breather would actually vent behind the oil pump from the gear case, and have a hose that routed up to the cleaner. I am currently working on an evo that I’m having trouble with puking oil, and it’s got a spark knock. I’ve been recording the process, I should have a video up on it within a month hopefully. I have a lot of other videos scheduled to come out before then
Dealer ships are a joke. I have zero respect for any of them. They all rip people off. U work on my own shit with the help of utube. Ty guys for ur videos. Save me to of money
Great helpful video my brother. I'm new to Harleys and just got a nice 05 electra glide with a 95ci I noticed it puking oil terribly. If I change those breathers will I still need a catch can or external vent? I don't want it sucking this crap back into the throttle body. Thanks man
Nowi have to tear mine down i had a shop rebuild my motor awhile back from 96 to 103 with 574 cams and new breather now it leaks same spot as that im guessing it is the same issue or something simular
Yet one more reason to avoid the McDealerships like the plague. As much as I can, I do repairs myself. But when I need to go to someone I always worry.
I hope the owner used your video to go back to the dealership and get every dime they charged him... Good work Sir.
Good luck getting your money back.
Video is a year old but I hope the bike owner did use your video to get at least some of his money back.
People entrust their life to those who work on their bike. One loose bolt, one missing part can get you KILLED.
"Factory trained" techs are a thing of the past. Most dealer techs, bike and car, are not properly trained and actually don't know how to do things right. I've worked on cars and bikes professionally over 40 years and never went a full year without some type of training and refresher courses as bikes and cars progressed into better machines. Great video, it's good to see young folks take pride in their work.
Thanks for the kind words! I love turning wrenches and expanding my skill set. I definitely try to keep myself humble as well
Kind of sounds like someone I've heard of in Cherry Valley, Ca.
Do not feel bad for that dealership. This is probably not the only person as you mentioned that has been burned by that place. Hack work is hack work. The service manager is not doing his job and obviously neither is the tech's. I am the senior tech at an independent Harley Davidson shop in Detroit. We see this crap all the time. We don't do the ten year garbage either. We work on any year or model Harley. I've been a master tech with over 43 years experience. I make it my mission to give the best service possible. We can't fix stupid, but we can fix their dump mistakes. Keep up the great work.
I truly believe that word of mouth is the best advertisement and I would bet you are as busy as you want or can handle but the more times you fix a simple screw up like this the more work your going to get! I hope you get to ride more than just test rides but that's more than I have been able to do lately keep the rubber size down much respect
Solid work my brother! I wish Harley had more thorough techs like you.
Thanks man! I’m far from what HD would consider a tech, but I’m capable of keeping bikes running lol
Same reason I started working on my sportster…
Start with their engeneers, when you still build crap after 120 years, something is real wrong. Why not hire Japanese ingeneers like they once did for the "German" V Rod? Be honest, the quality difference is visible.
Do Evolution motors have a head breathers?@GilstrapGarage
In the great sea of sketchy dealer operations it's good to see some honesty, good on you Sir. Cheers.
Thank you 🙌🏻
Great video. Nice to see an honest mechanic taking care of customers. I put a stage 1 on my 2020 Softail Standard and the Screamin' Eagle Air Breather shows a mist of oil on the right side cover. I hope I may have just put too much oil on during the installation.
I'm glad I stumbled across your channel. Subscribed. I have a 15 softail slim and it is leaking from the filter. Has done it since I purchased it. Supposedly it previously had work done it. I know it's at least a stage 2, but was told by the dealer stage 4. I considered a catch can. But maybe I'll lift the rocker box first. Look forward to watching more great content. Thanks Tim. ..
Thanks for posting and very informative. Was having a similar issue with my 2018 107 M8 and think the issue was fixed. However, I’m going to explore some other options and upgrades to keep the bike running as long as possible. Was mostly in the hotter weather (95 plus degrees in the Southwest) and one HD dealer in California was suggesting I replace the oil pump which I declined. Potentially going to upgrade to Fueling Parts oil pump (if needed) and their breathers. Thanks again. PS, no,issues currently
wow....i'm a newbie....saw your video...after seeing 22 videos...your version is simple and way better. just bought my street glide and put my KN filter and its leeaking oil....gonna check it out. thank you. hope your continue...subscribing.
Man, I have 2021 Road Glide special that started leaking oil out of the air cleaner like there is no other. Same thing dripping oil nonstop. Thank you for the info. New subscriber!
thanks for the great info, I do all my own maintenance work on my bike and love to learn and with the shop rate so high it makes it easy to afford the tools. Looking forward to watching more of your channel. 👍😎
Right on man! Thank you 🙏🏻 🤘🏻
Mechanics are like doctors. When you find one you have faith and confidence in, never let him/her go!
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Awesome job fellow. Thanks for correcting the problem . It sucks that dealers don't have any experienced help. Putting on accessories is to the extent they can do. SMH
* non-engine related parts... like a phone holder. 😂😂
Thanks for the show on your workmanship and seem like an honest dude wish there were more peeps like you on this planet thanks again u f**ken rock!!
Thank you! I definitely don’t take on work to give people a bad experience. I just want everyone to have as much fun with their bike as I do
Its great to see an independent mechanic doing his best to help other's. Wish you lived in Dallas Texas. But all the best to ya.
Much appreciated! Thanks for watching.
my 16' 103 used to leak oil out of the filter housing especially on hot days and riding two up? more so with the K&N high flow filter and the dealership told me it was a common problem and to just clean the filter more frequently! i used high temp grease on the backside of the filter where it buts up to the plate and it helped some on longer trips
Hey, Gilstrap. Great video and a spot-on diag. We too are a small shop comprised of people who are not down with the average (at best) service that our motorcycle manufacturer's service departments are putting out. Your dialogue on the test ride echoes our sentiments exactly. Keep up the good work, bro!
My man! Thank you 🙏🏻 I’m focused way more on over all quality than I am on getting work in and out. Unfortunately, that’s how the dealers value their time.
Are you in Victorville area ?
Good diagnosis. Nice attitude to customers. Best from NZ
Thank you!
Hi Brandon, Daniel here from South Africa. Thank you for your excellent and informative video. I ride a 2016 H/D Sporster iron 883. Also experienced oil leaking from the head breather, seems to be on the back head. Thought it was a major issue, however, after watching a few clips I realised its a 'normal' procedure for the excess oil to be expelled into the air filter system. On stripping the housing I noticed theres a gap between the housing and the breather.... Will sort it out, thank you for sharing your knowledge, very much appreciated.
Good find! Thanks for watching. Glad you found the issue
Awesome work my friend..just bought a 2006 Dyna definitely very informative 👍
'Certified Harley Mechanics' ...top of the food chain, lol!!! This guy here - efficiency is the key!
I got burned by my local dealership. No more HD service for me. I bought service / shop manuals for my particular scooters and doing the work myself from now on. Now I'm laying out my hard earned pay on specialty tools n parts, not only am I teaching myself about wrenching on my machines, I know its done right at the end. Great video.
Wow, just wow. How do they miss that! I mean Jesus Christ, that's a huge oversight. Nice catch man! And from what I've seen since I've started watching ur channel, u do great work man. Very capable mechanic and your attention to detail is spot on. I'd totally trust u to work on my bike any day!
That’s much appreciated! Thank you for watching
@@GilstrapGarage where are located.really enjoyed your video first time watcher thanks
@@louisvilla6312 I am in Southern California. About 40 miles south of Barstow. Thanks for watching!
Awesome job finding and fixing the issue! I hope the owner of the bike let the shop in question know their mechanic made a mistake just so it doesn’t happen again to someone else.
I’m living in your town is there a way I can get my bike to you.
I agree with you 100% I’m not the best and I don’t claim to be, but I have been a Harley Davidson Tech for going on 5 years now and it is crazy the stuff I see that comes to my shop from a dealership.
Your work proves your better then what they say they are bro, don’t feel bad for calling these guys out who will fuck you over time and time again your work proves it you don’t even have to say shit about it. Keep doing what your doing .
Hey man I have a 2000 heritage Softail and I'm leaking oil out of my air filter just like how was happening with your man and I haven't checked the head breathers so I'm going to check my head breathers and if it is the same problem I want to thank you from the deepest part of my heart for the assisted help thank you keep it up
Ty for the video.
I have revolution x 2015 street 750 spurting oil after 9yrs.
Mind blown! Respect to you sir!
The best or not, you sound extremely honest and I'd let you work on my LRS any day.
I never knew of this potential issue , I'm glad I discovered your video. Thank you for sharing your motorcycle know how . I am subscribing .
Thank you for that!
You are a class act. But I hope you reached out to the service manager at the dealer in question and notify him of the many issues you're aware of following repairs made at their dealership. It may be just one mechanic that's making these mistakes. In any case notifying the dealer will hopefully prevent others from experiencing substandard maintenance and repairs.
I know you pride yourself on your ability to do the best job possible. Beyond proud doesn't do how I feel any justice.
This just might be the answer I've been looking for. I seem to go through a quart of oil every couple of rides. Thanks, Brandon!! Wish you were in Arizona!
I hope so, I always wish for the easiest fix haha. If there’s anything I can help with, let me know! I wish I was in AZ too lol
@@GilstrapGarage are you in minnesota by chance...?!
@@johngonzales2416 nope. We just moved from Southern California to Omaha NE
great job , like the way you were trouble shooting the problem very good info keep up the great work
Thank you!
Great video. This is exactly why I try and do my own maintenance.
Im a mechanic as well looks like your in victorville we both know we are better then Harley because we fix it not just replace parts your video was great Mitch
You have a great channel keep the good videos coming.
A major miss on the dealers part! I would be more than a little upset and would never trust them even with a simple oil change. I love the local small shops! better quality less money. Great video!
Thank you!
The indie shops definitely tend to care a little more about the bike and the customer. It’s not just a numbers game for them
good thing you took some video of the problem, the attorney may want to use that in court, if it gets to that point./ nice video keep em coming.
Great video. I am pretty mechanical and have done all the work on my 21 Road Glide so far, however, if I was to run across an issue I thought was above my skill level, I would always look to an Indy shop before a dealership. Indy shops usually rely on word of mouth and reputation. Also, as I found out from doing work on friend's bikes, the Indy shop would most definitely not want a come back or revisit because of shoddy work they performed.
That red rt in the end is dope.
Well done mate.
This is everywhere now. So called techs half the time have no idea how things they work on - actually work.
A mate here had his Harley not idling properly. We discussed throttle idle solenoid/throttle body etc gummed up/clean - but he took it to the dealer. Gave them the tuner box as it has stage one software etc - so they could check software loaded. They said "he had wrong software version loaded/they loaded correct". Then it wouldn't idle at all. So he brings it home, has to buy a cheap laptop (tuner not compatible with his Mac), reloads software version he HAD (they loaded wrong one) = that got bike back to "slight rough idle." THEN he just cleaned the solenoid/bypass idle (which we thought it was) = fixed.
So they had NO IDEA, charged him to change what it wasn't/he had to spend money to "undo what they did" then actually fix it.
As an "old bloke" it is easy to forget "what goes where/in what order." But as I understand exactly how it all works, then you know what goes where/when. If it can go in two ways, document/record it. It isn't hard.
I do everything on my bikes/cars myself...........................but I have had this so many times where my family has taken vehicles to dealers because they have warranty/need service to keep it. They then stuff it up. We then wait for the warranty to run out, and then I fix it properly = no more trouble.
My Dad's car, I TOLD them/SHOWED them what the problem was. They spent a couple of thousand on everything it wasn't - then I spent $100 on what I showed them it was = fixed.
They often have no idea.
I think what the average person now has to do is 1. Buy new vehicle and pray it is ok from factory. 2. Get is serviced and pray they ONLY change oil/fluids and do little else. Because that is the only way they won't make it worse/stuff it up.
Sad but true.
New to your channel. Good video. My bikes leaking out doing the same thing. I’ve watched a few videos that show how to redirect the breather hose back into the crankcase. Problem solved…🤷🏻♂️
Your vid shows us the why it’s “puking oil”. So, thanks for that💪🏼
New subscriber now!!!
Awesome! Thanks for the kind words and thanks for subscribing. Glad it helped!
WOW, just another reason to stay away from the dealerships for service. When we find tech's like yourself it's like finding gold. I live in New Orleans and still use a guy in Burleson Tx. Well worth the time to travel for service above my pay grade. Thanks for the tip on the oil breathers.
That’s awesome you show your support to someone who isn’t very convenient to get to. Sounds like he does a knock out job! 🤘🏻 thanks for watching
Thanks for this video brother. I just bought a 2014 fat bob that is doing this 🤘
Harley dealer scamming a customer. Damn that dude should go back and ask for refund. Good that you made that video.
They lucky to have u as a mechanic bro ,
Good work thanks for sharing !
Thanks for watching!
@@GilstrapGarage
Hey by any chance what size and brand handle bars on the Softail ? Looks awesome
you're awesome, good dude as well. Really hard to come by these days.
Awesome words, thank you for watching!
Good stuff Brandon, cheers to you from Oz
Thank you!
thanks man...just bought a 2010 ultra classic....vance hines slip ons...air breather...and fuel pack...spitting out out some oil inside the air breather...will certainly check out your recommendations
When I do the breathers on engines that have higher compression & bigger cylinders...
I drill those little drain back holes with a .062 drill bit...
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Great video and yea the STEALER (aka dealer) are good for one thing, oem parts. The techs are lacking. Unless it’s an old dude in the service department. I have two, FLHTCUI-99 and a 2002 FLHTCU carb. And I wrench in my own. Service manual and some specialty tools and time and patience. But great catch on the problem.
ive got same bike awsome model i like how you just slid tank down to get to front rockers cover instead of getting petrol every where im going to put a fuel quick disconect in crossover line good vids mate
I added a quick disconnect line on my personal bike.I do everything I can to avoid opening fuel lines 😅 thanks for watching!
Great video !!! Thanks. How can I tell the rocker box torque specs ? Should I use loctite ?
Wow, you found that right away and fixed the problem with no trouble. I love and respect your work ethic and the fact that you didn't want to bash the dealership. I wish you lived near me so that I could get on your waitlist for some work on my 87 HD FXLRC. The HD dealership I took it to charged me $350 to diagnose an electrical problem and couldn't find anything, due to the intermittent problem. My bike sputters, cuts out, runs on one cylinder (I believe), and/or just dies on me. When it happens, I turn everything off and try to restart the engine. Sometimes to it takes two or three times, then it will turn over and run smoothly. Any ideas on what the problem would be? I'm 66 but I still want to ride my Harley. I would like to keep this bad boy running so my son can get it when I'm gone. I love this vintage baby!
Where do you live Joe? I’ve got a couple ideas what it could be. Sounds like a possible short in the ignition system if it’s intermittent like that. Your ignition coils could be bad too. They may work great for a while and then cut out when they heat up.
@@GilstrapGarage I live in Aurora, Colorado.
@@joet2577 beautiful city! If you wanna ship that thing about 8hrs east to Omaha then we can make some headway on it 👍🏻
Wicked content brother man
video was a great, my 99 dyna has similar issue, but I think it's just old parts, appreciate the video
Thanks for watching!
Bloody well done m8, It's a real shame that Harley Dealerships give the buyers, "US" a bad taste in our mouth getting a new bike and the after service from the dealerships give this sort of crap service that miss putting parts back in when doing a simple head breather change/service. I'm no Harley mech' but I try to work on my own bike and if i stuff up, then it's MY butt that I kick, but if a "So called Harley Mech'" gives this sort of work, DAM!!!! There is a lot more I could write here but I'd get kicked off for "Ragging" a dealership using "Language" they don't like................ Good work brother, Keep the Wind in Ya Face and Not up your Butt" Cheers Teddy.
I wished u lived in my town. I am the same way. I am in QC business. I hate having to override somebodies decision. I believe it goes to how someone is trained or lack of. Also the persons work ethic. Maybe he should of asked before closing it up. Wouldn’t of hurt. I would rather make sure it was right. I do a little of my own mechanics as well on my softail. Great video
Thanks for watching man! A lot of people do their job just to make their money. Some of us need the satisfaction from a job well done though.
That's todays techs at alot of the dealerships. My 12 RK went in for black uppers & chrome lowers. All the wiring in the nacelle was literally crammed back in. At the time I was working 70 hour weeks & had no energy. Just swapped out the oil pump & C.S. plate. No more..hahaha
I wish you were closer! Had blow back on a bike that recently had cam replacement and feeling gear drive kit to replace worn out tensioners.. Refused to bring it back and had another indy look at it and it was a shotshow. He also said it was overfilled and it sumped. 6 months last Friday to be exact, I was taking same bike( 01 Fatboy) to a Rally, Same highway noticed smoke in my rear view then got off the next exit and AGAIN Oil spewed all over right side of Bike! Any thoughts? Great Video!!!
My 03 xl 1200 seems to have excessive oil in the air cleaner. I can see that bike is different in design. I was going try a newer year air cleaner for the look, but it doesn't fit a carb. I did notice the ports in the bolts were much smaller than what my old bolts are. Way back people used to say it was normal and lugging the engine to low was the cause. I'll be pulling the rocker box tops to switch them to chrome, is there anything I should check for? It did this since I bought it with 4000 miles on it, I would say probably not as bad as the bike you just worked on.
I am trying to find these parts online for a sportster, 2017 xl1200cx to be exact. I would like to refresh them as I notice a decent amount of oil condensate in the air cleaner. Having trouble finding the part number, as I would like to stay oem.
Nicely done!
Thanks!
I want you working on my bike. Just because you seem to enjoy what you do and it shows in your work. You want happy customers. I'm hitting the subscribe button and look forward to your videos.
That’s awesome man, thank you for that. And thank you for watching!
Top work sir..👍
Thank you 🙌🏻
I've had the same oil issue for over a year with 3 different mech and still not fixed. This is my first king and I'm seriously thinking of going back to roadstars .
I got a 2005 Road King, 96 cube, with a carburettor.
I got oil coming out the air filter, not much, usually just a bead.
But after about 2-3 hours at 120-140 kph it'll start to drip.
Also, a while back, the eng oil started reading high on the dipstick.
I do all the oils and most other stuff myself, so I know I'm not overfilling it.
But I also know bikes don't make oil.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Where are you located? Keep up the good work, I enjoy watching your vid's and learning a thing or two. ✌
That’s much appreciated, thank you! I’m in Victorville California
Thanks for sharing .
Nicely done👍👍
Thank you!
I’m having a similar issue with my M8 Softail. About a week ago it started puking oil through my air cleaner. Never had any issues with it before. 2018 FLSB with just under 50k miles. Oil consumption has almost doubled from 1/2qt every 750-100 miles to 1/2qt every 400 miles. And of course it happened when I was on trip and 2000 miles from hours.
Hoping the breathers are just jacked up. That’s what a different dealer shop thinks it is
Good Job... sad to see this was down to the bike from a Dealership...
Well done sir
I have a 2017 Ultra. What is the best cure for oil blow -by, and dripping oil from the air cleaner?
Im looking for creative ways to add a catch can or some other version of keeping that oil out of my s&s stage1 intake. It has the little "pit-viper" holes that weep in and im guessing that just plugging them will f* up the ventilation... Anyway, I dug thr video, even though it wasnt what i was looking for. That was something, that I probably never would have considered, which is what i spend most of my time on RUclips, looking for.
So im subscribing and look forward to future tidbits. Cheers
A good choice is an external breather. You definitely don’t want to plug it. I have a video coming out in about 3-4 weeks of an external breather installation
Nice video, now I know about those head breathers. My 07 Ultra just has some seepage coming from that rubber crossover hose externally. Guess those breathers could be clogged?
Not necessarily. A little oil venting out is normal. They come stock vented in to the intake for emission purposes, so a lot of the time you’ll see the butterfly valve on the throttle body oily. Quickest, easiest way to check the integrity of the breathers (didn’t talk about it in the video) is to drain your engine oil from the bike with your fill cap still secured/tight. If the oil flows freely, you need to change the breathers. If it gurgles back at you, you’re likely in good shape.
That’s wild and great job on catching it. I got an 08 Ultra Anniversary and previous owner had a screaming eagle throttle body put on by Harley. I bought a V&H Fp3 and never could get it autotune past a certain point ((40%!TPS)). Anyways i was cleaning my bike and checking for oil leaks basically getting it ready for riding season here in Ohio and as i was looking at rear valve cover on throttle body side I noticed that A Harley tech never put back in one of the bolts on the throttle body that mounts it to rear cylinder. Anyways luckily i had a correct bolt so i went ahead and put it back in. Now mind u i never got any codes nor did I notice any real issues as far as idling etc. before hand, but i decided to try Autotune again on my Fp3 thinking maybe just maybe that was causing my FP3 not to work properly and long behold it actually now works auto-tuning my map. I am the only one who work on my cars and bikes and it things like this + ur great catch in video is the reason why plus i save $$$ doing it myself and if something gets messed up I can’t blame anyone but myself. By the way i just changed the rocker box breathers on my bike last summer so whoever the tech was clearly didn’t pay attention to what he was doing when he took it apart cause it’s a pretty easy job and to screw up like that just Wow!
Things like that happen when people are in a hurry. I think the worst thing HD could have done was switching their employees from hourly to commission, because things get rushed.
I’ve seen where those throttle body mounts become loose and they don’t throw codes, but they will idle really high at start up and then come back down.
There is a sense of pride doing maintenance/repair on everything yourself.
@@GilstrapGarage i didn’t realize that HD put their Techs on commission and no doubt that is why things are being overlooked. Yeah i never had any issues with high idle or anything and i bet your right about throttle bolt probably just loosened up over time and probably fell out. I know for now on to check those bolts along with many others i do every year when she has to go in my garage for winter.
That crank case was breathing really well. No doubt bout it.
Great video and great job
Thank you for watching!
I like you channel. Solid work. What you think of rocker lockers for my twin cam?
Thanks for the feedback! I run them in notoriously noisy bikes. My personal Dyna had a set in there. They are cheap, and they do make a difference
I have a brand new 22 fat bob that is also spitting more than normal oil out the air cleaner where it’s dripping down and I can see a lot of it in the clear glass air cleaner I empty the bottom I believe sump screw and got about 12oz of oil what could be the issue ? Any help would be appreciated thank you
Great video! New sub. from the 641... Always thumbs up!!!!
🤘🏻 thank you!
Your awesome. Wish u was around my block
This is why I work on my bike! Its not all fancy with those high tech gadgets and what not, Its a simple bike!
Great job. 👍🏻
Thank you 🙏🏻
Wish I knew you were in the HD when I lived there would’ve went to you
Awesome video
Well done sir.
Thank you!
I think you've answered my problem. Can this be done at home?
That’s great and another piece I didn’t know of but my soft tail blows oil back through the oil tank , just at wits end
It’s a 86 evo on a 2002 frame
An 86 evo wouldn’t have the same breather set up that this does, the breather would actually vent behind the oil pump from the gear case, and have a hose that routed up to the cleaner.
I am currently working on an evo that I’m having trouble with puking oil, and it’s got a spark knock. I’ve been recording the process, I should have a video up on it within a month hopefully. I have a lot of other videos scheduled to come out before then
@@GilstrapGarage thank you so very much
Dealer ships are a joke. I have zero respect for any of them. They all rip people off. U work on my own shit with the help of utube. Ty guys for ur videos. Save me to of money
Do I need to Torque the bolts putting the head breather cover back on
Great helpful video my brother.
I'm new to Harleys and just got a nice 05 electra glide with a 95ci
I noticed it puking oil terribly.
If I change those breathers will I still need a catch can or external vent?
I don't want it sucking this crap back into the throttle body.
Thanks man
I've got the same prob, gonna go with a catch can.
Nowi have to tear mine down i had a shop rebuild my motor awhile back from 96 to 103 with 574 cams and new breather now it leaks same spot as that im guessing it is the same issue or something simular
Good looking out bro need mote like you thank you 😊
🙌🏻🙌🏻 thanks man
Yet one more reason to avoid the McDealerships like the plague. As much as I can, I do repairs myself. But when I need to go to someone I always worry.
Good old Harley Davidson in Victorville fuck that place