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KZ1000 Oil Flow Path 02 Jan 2024 16:35 #893451

MJinCO Topic Author Offline User Posts: 12 Thank you received: 0	New to the KZ motors, what is the oil flow path? How does oil get up to and back down from the cam area
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KZ1000 Oil Flow Path 02 Jan 2024 17:18 #893453

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Manual has a diagram
Oil pump to main gallery
up the outside rear cylinder studs ( Around them , not thru them )
then thru head passages to cams
Oil gravity flows down to sump thru cam chain tunnel in center of motor

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KZ1000 Oil Flow Path 03 Jan 2024 06:41 #893485

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From The Z1 'White Manual'. Doesn't illustrate well the continuous-flow splash output to the starter gear/dyno area. Your KZ1K is the same.

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KZ1000 Oil Flow Path 06 Jan 2024 11:19 #893689

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KZ1000 Oil Flow Path 06 Jan 2024 16:40 #893701

martin_csr Offline User Posts: 7988 Thank you received: 1624	From the Kawasaki 1978-80 KZ1000 FSM pdf. It may be linked here on KZR. The manual has several paragraphs describing the engine lubrication. 1981 KZ650 Competition Sports and Road The following user(s) said Thank You: howardhb
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