Troubleshooting Oil Consumpsion on TC-88

[dannytheman]

Thank God for HCG!!!

Wide had posted this below mentioned service bulletin, and it served me as my bike is currently having the valve seals replaced.

I will give you my Specs and it might scare some of you.

Troubleshooting Oil Consumpsion on TC-88
Here is the factory service sheet on this matter
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Buy a 2005 FLHT with TC-88B engine. Run 400 miles on it, get all break in oils changed at dealer. Run to 3400 miles, I do oil change only. 7600 miles, I have dealer do oil change, special price deal day I was there. Up until then didn't burn a quart..

At 11,600 I notice I am quart low. I blame headwind trip and hot dogging throttle to and from York Open House. Get the 10,000 mile service work done. almost 500 dollars. At 12,250, I am down another quart I actually thought maybe they shorted me on the top off at the dealer. I put in a quart, and start checking daily. At 12,800 I am another quart low, no smoking, no flogging, no spark misses nothing..

I print off Wides bulletin and bring it to the dealer. They will look at it.

Getting the brake work done while there, all warranty. Moving to Kevlar and floating rotors on front.. My service guy calls and says, "you were right" we found out you had the bad valve seal., It is green instead of the orange replacement piece.

So now I will go get it after the holiday...

My worry is that people out there won't have the mileage on their bike to notice the issue in the 2 year warranty time period. If you have a 2005 check consistently before your warranty is out. TC-88 or TC-88B..

[harley451900]

Got an 05 1200 xl custom just had rings put in it with 2000 miles. never stopped using oil. they kept telling me it will stop just wait wait wait. warranty was running out and i said bullshit a quart of oil every 250 miles. They put rings in it and so far so good

[Thrillseeker]

my '05 didn't wait until 10k miles to start burning oil. I had the valve thingy done at about 4k miles.

[RacingOrangeRoadster]

With modern technology there is no reason for any low mileage engine to be needing a quart of oil between oil changes.

[JeffD]

HMMMMMM, I have almost 30,000 on my R/K and have nevr had to add any oil. Of course I DO use ROYAL PURPLE SYNTHETIC

[springer-]

The oil seals in question are specific to '05 and early '06 model years. You can read more about them here http://www.harleychatgroup.com/index...wtopic&t=27274

[buck]

Glad your getting that fixed, I was tired of riding behind you in a cloud of oil smoke Good thing my hand deflectors kept the raw oil from your exhaust off my hands :P

[wreckerman]

dont care what harley say's about oil consumshion , i have never used any oil between changes i have blown some out before i fixed the breather set up but that is differnt have them cheak valve guides and seals and re-ring it and knock off the glaze from the cilenders

[JeffD]

i fixed the breather set up

Wreckerman, what did you do to fix the breather setup, my air filter gets oil on it.

[wreckerman]

came off the back of the backing plat set up with a t for the house and ran it down to the side of my kicker cover on the trans then put a little filter on it there and straped it all to the frame of the bike , then run the oil leveal a 1/4 qt low and no more blow by problems no matter how heard i hammer it cant even see it when done will try and find a picture for you today