Oil oil filter lines

[michael]

i've just realised i've fitted the oil lines to my filter the wrong way round.. i just noticed this tonight ,after i'd been out on it i was giving it a check over for anything working loose (not long finished building it)and checked the oil line clips.

Q: would this have caused any excess wear, i removed the front rocker top cover and although it was wet with oil inside there wasn't the usual puddles in there.....no horror stories please i'm easy upset..lol
the engine has done around 28000miles and is a standard evo 1340.

cheers

michael.

[Hawkeye]

Might bw best to change the filter as oil would have been passing the wrong way through it. 'IF' anything was filtered out in your small ride changing the lines over may flush it out into the system.

For the sake of a new filter and all that

[dantheman]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Might bw best to change the filter as oil would have been passing the wrong way through it. 'IF' anything was filtered out in your small ride changing the lines over may flush it out into the system.

For the sake of a new filter and all that

ats what id doo michael, youve naw done 28 000 the way the bike is now,, maybe a 1000, in my min you might have done slight damge to top end, but you might have been lucky if you havent thrashed the erse aff her,

[blodwen]

Originally Posted by spinlondon

It shouldn't make too much difference for a short time.
One line goes into the filter, and the other line comes out.
The pressure relief valve will not operate, which could lead to oil leaking from the feed pipe, or could damage the oil pump could even lead to the sump filling up.

I assume you mean the pressure relief valve inside the filter. This is only there incase the filter medium becomes blocked and so allows the oil to bypass the filtering and continue to flow.
Fitting the oil lines the wrong way around will make no difference to the level of lubrication reaching the engine, UNLESS the filter became blocked (very unusual).
Just swap the lines around and change the filter.

[michael]

thanks for the reasurance, i'll change the oil and filter and hopefully ,
as you all seem to agree ,no damage done...


thanks.

[Phil]

Little late Michael, but.............Just swap the lines, change the oil & filter & you`ll be fine.

[Hawkeye]

Originally Posted by dantheman

ats what id doo michael, youve naw done 28 000 the way the bike is now,, maybe a 1000, in my min you might have done slight damge to top end, but you might have been lucky if you havent thrashed the erse aff her,

Dan mate could you post a translation for this southerner, maybe a phrase book