I have been going all through my 72 Ironhead lately...it seems to me that the oil is not flowing well, I know that these engines dont hold alot of oil pressure, and my gauge shows about 25 lbs just after startup...If I look in the tank before I start it, it is almost empty...then it starts to fill back up, then the gauge goes to pretty much 0 lbs (I have heard this is normal...?) Still looking in the tank, I can see the oil bubbling ontop of the feed hole...kinda like blowing through a straw into your drink...if I rev the motor, the oil just starts splashing around inside the tank. It does return oil to the tank after the motor warms up...just very little drops at a time, no steady stream.
Also, I took the rocker oiler lines off, and one of them had no oil in it, the other one was full...so I took the cam cover off and blew cleaner and air through that specific passage. Then I removed the plug from the non-oiled rocker box and oil ran out of it. I timed the oil pump breather per the original HD shop manual....3 times! All of the oil lines are new rubber, If I take the filter off, or the pressure gauge (its on the pump) oil will spit out while the motor runs. If I plug the breather on the cam cover, the pressure will shoot up to about 35 lbs and it blows the cap off the oil tank!?!
Does anyone have any Idea or a suggestion as to any problems...or am I just worrying over nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also, I took the rocker oiler lines off, and one of them had no oil in it, the other one was full...so I took the cam cover off and blew cleaner and air through that specific passage. Then I removed the plug from the non-oiled rocker box and oil ran out of it. I timed the oil pump breather per the original HD shop manual....3 times! All of the oil lines are new rubber, If I take the filter off, or the pressure gauge (its on the pump) oil will spit out while the motor runs. If I plug the breather on the cam cover, the pressure will shoot up to about 35 lbs and it blows the cap off the oil tank!?!
Does anyone have any Idea or a suggestion as to any problems...or am I just worrying over nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.