Oil Filling...

chrisp · Post by **chrisp** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:12 pm

my bike has no centre stand,so i got it upright and left it 10 mins.....nothing obvious in the sight glass.

added 1 litre of oil, and still nothing.

Is is REALLY obvious when there is a line of oil there??

could it already have been full and i have over filled it?

is it normal to fill up with more than a litre??....the engine oil light has stayed off.

i dont want to put any more oil in if it is full,but i dont want to run it with less than it should have in it!

help!

boxerpan · Post by **boxerpan** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:31 pm

The sight glass is silver backed when empty, oil is dark. Did you run the bike til warm b4 you left it ? There may be a sizeable amount trapped in the oil cooler which has a tempreture operated valve.

chrisp · Post by **chrisp** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:41 pm

yeah it was well warm when i left it, it wasnt really silver backed, but it didnt look like there was anything there either!....d'oh!!

chrisp · Post by **chrisp** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:23 pm

Ok....well i've drained and replaced the oil now, so no more worries!

Dog Tyred · Post by **Dog Tyred** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:35 pm

chrisp wrote:Ok....well i've drained and replaced the oil now, so no more worries!

And how much came out?????