!!EMERGENCY!! - Where has my OIL gone?!

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!!EMERGENCY!! - Where has my OIL gone?!

Post by TRiXy » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:15 pm

Guys,

Just a quickie... i've just dropped the oil out of the bike to do a oil & filter change (first since i've owned the bike), and it hasn't come upto even the 1L mark in the drain tub... i understand that normal capacity is 4.2L... have i drained the oil properly? or have i missed a drain for the oil tank? i removed the sump plug, and the oil filter cover... is there something else?
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Re: !!EMERGENCY!! - Where has my OIL gone?!

Post by steve speed » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:19 pm

you need to remove the drain plug on the left of the bike ,,the oil filter cover,, and at the back of that is the drain plug for the oil tank ,,download the manual its all in there ,, :wink: :wink:
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Re: !!EMERGENCY!! - Where has my OIL gone?!

Post by TRiXy » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:23 pm

steve speed wrote:and at the back of that is the drain plug for the oil tank ,,download the manual its all in there ,, :wink: :wink:

ahhhh!!! PHEW... was starting to panic that i had been running it empty!

i got the manual, but missed that plug...
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Re: !!EMERGENCY!! - Where has my OIL gone?!

Post by kookimonsta » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:47 pm

i made that mistake a couple of weeks ago lol. except i drained it into a oil container and then filled up the tank too much :( ha. live and learn eh
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Re: !!EMERGENCY!! - Where has my OIL gone?!

Post by TRiXy » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:45 pm

kookimonsta wrote:i made that mistake a couple of weeks ago lol. except i drained it into a oil container and then filled up the tank too much :( ha. live and learn eh
lol... atleast i'm not the only one... i wasn't going to fill the bike up until i had an explaination for my lack of oil :P... i'm just glad it wasn't running dry for the past few weeks..
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Re: !!EMERGENCY!! - Where has my OIL gone?!

Post by Jak » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:21 pm

When one of you guys has time ... can you do an "oil change" thread in here ... including pictures and a step by step "how to"

I know it's covered in the manual, but I think it would be useful to have here for easy reference
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Re: !!EMERGENCY!! - Where has my OIL gone?!

Post by Silver » Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:03 pm

Best to measure how much comes out, then put the same amount of "new" in. That way you are guaranteed not to overfill initially.
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Re: !!EMERGENCY!! - Where has my OIL gone?!

Post by burty » Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:40 pm

Jak wrote:When one of you guys has time ... can you do an "oil change" thread in here ... including pictures and a step by step "how to"

I know it's covered in the manual, but I think it would be useful to have here for easy reference
I often thought about doing something like that. Maybe next oil change....

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