10 D8 w abt 300 miles. Using almost the entire resevoir on the last 2 rides of around 55 to 65 miles. Especially when I'm idling, I am sitting in a huge cloud of smoke. It seems like its dumping wide open no matter what. Is there anything I can check, or any adjustment I can make myself. Thanks.
Too Much Oil!
- Thread starter BigTito
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deepdiver
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This is from my D8. Please verify your oil pump type to make sure this is applicable.
IF the sled is still in warranty....or not..with the sled on level ground or trailer etc...draw a line on the oil tank. Get a measuring cup. Make a chart and have it with you so every time you fill up with gas you fill the oil up to the line. then you will start being able to average your oil use per gallons of fuel. Get a ratio that way. you need to average it over a few fill ups...then go have it adjusted under warranty
IF the sled is still in warranty....or not..with the sled on level ground or trailer etc...draw a line on the oil tank. Get a measuring cup. Make a chart and have it with you so every time you fill up with gas you fill the oil up to the line. then you will start being able to average your oil use per gallons of fuel. Get a ratio that way. you need to average it over a few fill ups...then go have it adjusted under warranty
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had a sled come into the shop that was using like a quart of oil just warming it up. techs found that the nut that holds the throttle cable on the throttle body had backed off. So the trottle had alot of play in it. when you held the throttle wide open the butterflies on the throttle bodies were only half open but the oil pump was all the way open. you could check to see if this nut has backed off.
OILPUMP PIC
There's a color pic of the oil pump posted under my TECH TIPS thread under INCREASING YOUR IQ
1 1/4 to 1 1/2 turns on the 10 mm jam nuts is approx 20 points (37;1 to 57:1 ratio)
I prefer to run at 55:1 to 60:1
Hope this helps
There's a color pic of the oil pump posted under my TECH TIPS thread under INCREASING YOUR IQ
1 1/4 to 1 1/2 turns on the 10 mm jam nuts is approx 20 points (37;1 to 57:1 ratio)
I prefer to run at 55:1 to 60:1
Hope this helps
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MNSLEDNECK56308
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So your saying 22.8/1 isn't good??????????????? 09 Assault.
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THA_Natty
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i literally just got done doing this!! lol!! my problem was i melted my throttle cable so my oiler was running wide open all the time. The air box isnt difficult to take off, remove your secondary too, and you will see where it connects from the throttle cable to the oiler. if the 2010 is anything like the 2009 which i think it is. there is an arrow on the oiler lever, and there is a notch on the pump line those up using the two nuts on you cable. I hope this helps. I have no mechanical ability and my buddy and i did it in about an hour and a half.
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SNOW JW
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I've been helping BigTito work on this, and nothing is adding up. We did find that the throttle cable (the adjustment by the handlebars) was a little bit out of adjustment, which had the oil pump lever a little to the leaner side and was keeping the throttle bodies from opening immediately with the throttle, which would put to much oil to the engine to soon but that extra slack had the oil lever leaner which would help put less oil to the engine at full throttle. Anyway adjusted the cable which brought the slack out of the throttle and the oil pump lever pointer back in line with the scribed mark. Thing is still burning a ton of oil.
Wondering if its possible that something inside the oil pump can stick? I know for sure that the oil pump lever itself is not sticking. But something is allowing way to much oil into the engine, and all the oil has to go through that pump.
Wondering if its possible that something inside the oil pump can stick? I know for sure that the oil pump lever itself is not sticking. But something is allowing way to much oil into the engine, and all the oil has to go through that pump.
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THA_Natty
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They are working out awesome!! had a little trouble day one, didnt have enough heat tape. lol! melted my throttle cable, but they rip. thanks for the hook up!
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THA_Natty
Member
with the air box off and everything squeeze on the throttle and see if the oiler is sticking. It could be your throttle cable. thats what fixed mine. just a suggestion. Or we had to actually remove the throttle cable and pull on the throttle, and we noticed that the cable that went to the oiler wasn't releasing. new cable and now it runs like a champ.
Checked this a couple times now, the arm on the oil pump moves fine with the throttle input. No sticking at all.
Pump arm could be sticking intermittently.
Why not try installing a return spring on it and see if it improves
