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Subject: Re: heavy breather Eldo

Author: Skip & Jane

Date: Oct 19, 2004, 5:47 PM

Post ID: 1717728296


I was thinking about a catch bottle, I saw a cool aluminum can breather can
with a drain on the bottom in a street rod catalog. As for riding slower, I
do allot of hwy riding here in Florida and use my bike for work. If you are
running under 70 you may get run over. I was in a car on alligator alley
last week and was doing 85 and I had cars and trucks passing me at a good
clip. I don't like to run over 80 on the goose, the big windshield makes
the front end get a little squirrelly. I am going to look into some of the
windshield buffer trim one of the guys had a link to. I am not really sure
how much oil I should be using with the Bub wedge oil pan so that may be
part of the problem. Is Bub even still in business ?
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From: "Charlie Mullendore" <li-@loopframe.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 7:01 PM
Subject: RE: heavy breather Eldo


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Hi Skip,
You could just mount a catch bottle somewhere (or just ride slower). :-)
Cheers,

Skip & Jane wrote:
 
From what I have read about the deep pans and pan spacer is that they
keep
the oil level out of the cranks rotation to help reduce excessive
splashing.
I always make sure not to over fill the oil level. I have never had the
pan
off the motor, so I don't know how the pick up lines run to the external
oil
filter. If I ever get around to taking the pan off I may try to come up
with
something.

 Hey Skip,

I would think that a windage plate (ala Pete Roper) would help keep the
frothing down, perhaps eliminating your problem.

http://www.guzzitech.dk/english/go under "Technical" in the left nav
and then select "The complex stuff" - you'll see windage plates on that
page.

I'm not sure what you'll have to do to make it work with the bub oil
pan, but I would think it is doable.


karl von kologiski wrote:
 


I do alot of high speed roadwork on my eldo. 80 mph for long periods of
time, and after a long hard ride there is quite a lot of oil residue on
the bottom of the trans and lower frame where the breather tube is. I
am running a cali 2 (1000cc) motor with a bub wedge oil pan. I run 3.25
qts of 20/50 and have a new breather box. I tried to fit a Agostini
breather box on it but with the duel coils, large distributor, & later
carbs, there was no clearance to mount it. I know some of the newer
bikes use the frame as a breather, but I really dont want to drill holes
in my frame. I have not checked the engine compression, but I do not
think I am getting blow by in the crank case. I dont think I am losing
alot of oil, it is just a mess Does anyone have any ideas ?


Charlie
http://www.loopframeguzzi.com/

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