Jake

Anyways hopefully the Beast will be back on the road tomorrow

Yeah I always smear a bit of oil on the ring as I install it. The filter was Mahle… not sure how or why the ring would split like that in situ but there you go 🤷

The other half of the seal dropped out of the case about a minute after I removed the filter. I’ve a new filter on hand so I’ll chuck that in and hopefully that’s that…

I think I may have found the problem…

Thanks for all the input guys, I’m running fully synth 20W50. I did have a similar problem when installing the last filter and it was because the rubber ring from the previous filter was still stuck up there - but once that was found & removed it was all good. I was having trouble with the bike overheating and stalling, but after pulling all the injector feeds apart I found what looked like Bakelite (!?) partially clogging the left injector banjo… the right head was noticeably hotter than the left. But after I cleared it out it’s been fine, until I suddenly lost oil pressure half way home from work… I’m going to drain the oil and drop the sump tonight - I’ll let you know what I find…

Unfortunately the bike WAS running for a while before I noticed the light coming on at low revs / idle, and then saw the gauge. Bike sounded fine but I stopped as soon as I could, hope I haven’t done any permanent damage… I also noticed that it would stay around 2k at idle for about 20 seconds before dropping to its normal 1200 at idle, so yes, overheating but I would assume this was connected to very low oil pressure. No leaks, and yes it has oil 😂 also have a Roper plate installed, but can’t see how that would affect anything - as I said bike was running great until this…

Pretty sure I put a jubilee clip on it but I’ll definitely check… I know I put one on the LM 4 oil filter anyway 😂

Hi guys, anyone experienced this problem before? bike (2002/3 V11 Sport) was running strong until the oil light came on, I also have an analog gauge installed that shows me the pressure, this was also now at zero. Upon revving the engine up to about 4k the needle on the gauge would lift slightly and the oil light would go out. Otherwise needle at zero and red oil light on. Any ideas? Oil pump kaput maybe? I had a similar problem before when changing the oil filter, the rubber ring from the old filter was still stuck in the crankcase when I fitted the new filter, but when I found & removed it, all good, so it’s not that I guess… any input would be appreciated, thanks! Jake

Thanks for that… I’ve seen it done on a couple of V11s & liked the look of it but maybe not such a good idea… I’ll leave it alone I think!

Has anyone on here tried drilling out the centre of the “pork chops” to emulate the earlier Sport 1100/Daytona ones? I know the weight saving is virtually non existent, I just prefer the look - but I wouldn’t want to compromise the strength of the plates obviously… thanks for any input Jake