Nick1992
07-10-2008, 01:42 PM
Change oil on run in or any general change of oil.
Well you may have a new bike and can’t wait until starting it or you may have an old bike and wouldn’t have a clue on how to change the oil and scratching your head at the same time thinking of what to do.
Changing oil is very important these days as the 4 stroke motor is becoming to be more powerful and needs more maintenance then some of the older 4 strokes. To much oil or to less oil is both bad for your bike so making sure that you have the rite amount is very important.
First you will need to take of the dip stick or loosen it just so air can get in the engine and make the oil easier to run through its drain hole. Second you will need to loosen the oil drain nut which is located at the bottom of the crank case under the bash plate, you will see a hole in the bash plate which is where the drainage hole is. Making sure before you loosen the nut that you have paper or any other protector under the bike so that you don’t dirty the floor as oil is a pain to get rid of and usually leaves a mark. You will also need a container or some sort of bucket which will at least hold up to 1.5 litres of oil. Once you have these materials take out the drainage nut using a 17mm socket and making sure that you don’t loose the washer or nut in the oil as both items do need to be reused again.
I prefer leaving the bike over night to drip but if you don’t have the time at least leave it dripping for a good 15 minutes. I also tend to put the bike on a few different angles as oil does get caught inside the engine. If you do this you will notice a lot more oil will appear.
Once you have done this install the drainage nut back on with the washer in place firmly so that it will not leak or come of.
It’s up to you what oil you want to run but for the moment I’ am running Mineral oil as I’ am still running in the engine. Fill the bike up with about 1 litres worth of oil, place dip stick back in position but do not screw down making sure that the bike is on a flat ground, check dip stick its above the line on the criss cross pattern then the bike is fine with oil but I usually fill it rite to the top of the criss cross pattern.
Install the dip stick back on and go for a ride you may notice that the oil will drop slightly in level but that is fine as the oil is getting moved around in all its places where the oil had drained out from.
Nick:thumbs:
Well you may have a new bike and can’t wait until starting it or you may have an old bike and wouldn’t have a clue on how to change the oil and scratching your head at the same time thinking of what to do.
Changing oil is very important these days as the 4 stroke motor is becoming to be more powerful and needs more maintenance then some of the older 4 strokes. To much oil or to less oil is both bad for your bike so making sure that you have the rite amount is very important.
First you will need to take of the dip stick or loosen it just so air can get in the engine and make the oil easier to run through its drain hole. Second you will need to loosen the oil drain nut which is located at the bottom of the crank case under the bash plate, you will see a hole in the bash plate which is where the drainage hole is. Making sure before you loosen the nut that you have paper or any other protector under the bike so that you don’t dirty the floor as oil is a pain to get rid of and usually leaves a mark. You will also need a container or some sort of bucket which will at least hold up to 1.5 litres of oil. Once you have these materials take out the drainage nut using a 17mm socket and making sure that you don’t loose the washer or nut in the oil as both items do need to be reused again.
I prefer leaving the bike over night to drip but if you don’t have the time at least leave it dripping for a good 15 minutes. I also tend to put the bike on a few different angles as oil does get caught inside the engine. If you do this you will notice a lot more oil will appear.
Once you have done this install the drainage nut back on with the washer in place firmly so that it will not leak or come of.
It’s up to you what oil you want to run but for the moment I’ am running Mineral oil as I’ am still running in the engine. Fill the bike up with about 1 litres worth of oil, place dip stick back in position but do not screw down making sure that the bike is on a flat ground, check dip stick its above the line on the criss cross pattern then the bike is fine with oil but I usually fill it rite to the top of the criss cross pattern.
Install the dip stick back on and go for a ride you may notice that the oil will drop slightly in level but that is fine as the oil is getting moved around in all its places where the oil had drained out from.
Nick:thumbs: