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Why is the oil coming from exhaust on 85 harley davidson sportster?

April 26, 2017coming davidson exhaust Harley Oil sportster

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Why is the oil coming from exhaust on 85 harley davidson sportster?

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Rather then pulling the cylinder, you can do a compression test on both cylinders and compare them to what the factory says they should be at. If you have low compression in one cylinder and oil coming out of the exhaust, most likely then you have a bad oil control ring on the piston.