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Title: Sitting oil in cylinder head
Post by: watty51 on December 12, 2020, 01:05:18 PM: Hi all,

Just taking off my old cylinder head and noticed the amount of oil sitting under the camshaft was noticeably different between 1 and 2 cylinder and 3 and 4 cylinder. Begs the question is this normal or is there two much oil in 1 and 2 and not enough oil in 3 and 4. ?
Title: Re: Sitting oil in cylinder head
Post by: Bryanj on December 12, 2020, 01:10:55 PM: Was it on the side stand before you took the top off?
Title: Re: Sitting oil in cylinder head
Post by: Athame57 on December 12, 2020, 02:56:31 PM: Quote from: Bryanj on December 12, 2020, 01:10:55 PM
Was it on the side stand before you took the top off?
LOL! First thing that sprung to mind! But also a bit of angled movement before hand might be causing that, there is definite barriers between these cylinders.
Title: Re: Sitting oil in cylinder head
Post by: watty51 on December 12, 2020, 03:38:49 PM: The bike has mainly been move around the garage then put on its side stand, until about a week a go, then been on centre stand. It just looked a bit odd when I took the cover off. Obvious now I think off it.
Thanks for the replies.
Title: Re: Sitting oil in cylinder head
Post by: mike the bike on December 12, 2020, 04:57:59 PM: That's normal. Those pools of oil are for the cam lobes to dip into because it takes time for the oil to get to the cams on start up.