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K2-K6:
Welcome to the forum, hope you have fun with the bike as they are great to own and run.
Brett72:
Morning all. I have a question for you all. I have just taken the alternator cover off the engine and the windings and casing were covered in old oil. When the oil flow around this engine does it go into the alternator or is it just because the oil seal is old. I have no history about it other than it came to the uk from the states around 3 years ago and has just been stored dryish after obviously being drained prior to transportation.
K2-K6:
Yes to oil, the alternator runs wet on these.
Further, it's a "dry sump" motor too. So oil pump has two sections, one pumping into oil feed and supplied directly from oil tank. The other section of the pump sucks oil from sump pan and returns it to the oil tank (also feeds gearbox from this side) to keep the engine as empty as possible during use.
Brett72:
Thanks Jedi. Your information is invaluable 👍
Laverda Dave:
Welcome to the forum Brett, enjoy yourself over the winter with the rebuild.
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