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watty51

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Sitting oil in cylinder head
« 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. ?
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Offline Bryanj

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Re: Sitting oil in cylinder head
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2020, 01:10:55 PM »
Was it on the side stand before you took the top off?
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Offline Athame57

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Re: Sitting oil in cylinder head
« Reply #2 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.
« Last Edit: December 12, 2020, 02:59:06 PM by Athame57 »
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watty51

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Re: Sitting oil in cylinder head
« Reply #3 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.
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Re: Sitting oil in cylinder head
« Reply #4 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.
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