Oil Dipstick Blowout

polaris94 · Sep 13, 2009

I had something strange happen yesterday. The oil cap/dipstick came/blew off the oil tank. What a mess!!!!!!!!!!! I had oil all over the place. Thankfully I did not loose the cap/dipstick.

I bike is 07 Heritage with 6500 miles. It had the oil changed within the last 1500 miles and has not had any recent modifcations.

Any ideas on what happened? Is it okay to drive or do I need to have it serviced?

glider · Sep 13, 2009

Check the oil level, if it is overfilled this can happen.

NEWHD74FAN · Sep 13, 2009

Kinda strange, but for 2010 several models including the Sportster received an oil tank "pressure release valve"...so apparently overfilling and high pressure are indeed a MOCO recognized...uhhh, need for an "enhancement".

Goofuss · Sep 13, 2009

My brother-in-law's friend lost three of them on his sportster while riding. He started to wipe the oil off the rubber seal after checking his oil. Never lost another one.

00BUCKSHOT · Sep 16, 2009

Goofuss69 said:
My brother-in-law's friend lost three of them on his sportster while riding. He started to wipe the oil off the rubber seal after checking his oil. Never lost another one.

thats interesting enough

Oil Dipstick Blowout

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