Ok I had it running and pulled off the oil add cap and was immediately met with a blast of air coming out. My first instinct was the rings and or sleeves must be bad. Anything else it could be?
Bought a 2001 873 on auction. Was told the turbo was bad which based on all I saw I figured the same. Got it home, replaced the turbo which was bad but it's still blowing oil out the stack and smoking. IM not prepared to give up yet because I picked the machine up so cheap but not sure where to...