Help Oil Removal Problem - New Depths of Tosserdom

[Flaps]

I think I have reached the lowest depths of Tosserdom

I am in the middle of servicing my bike and the old oil will just not come out. Wait...it gets worse. I'll start from the beginning.

I got the engine warm (two bars on RID), removed the oil filter and some oil fell in to the tray. Not a lot of oil, I thought, but the oil level was low any way. No probs thinks I. I replace the filter, tighten it, then I pour in 3 litres of new clear oil into the engine. Before I pour the last part in I decide to check sight glass. AARRGGHH, instead of being full of nice clear lovely new oil it is full of old dark used stuff. This means that I haven't emptied the old oil out, but over filled the engine with 3 extra litres. No probs, thinks I. I'll just remove the filter, drain till the new stuff comes out, and top up till the sight glass is half filled.

No.

I removed the filter, and the oil WILL JUST NOT COME OUT.

I put the bike onto the side stand. Nothing.

I sat on the bike and shook it from left to right. Nothing.

Hmmmmmmm

I turned the engine over, and some oil comes out. A steady stream, but slowly.

I take the spark plugs out so the bike won't start, and keep the starter button pressed. Again a steady stream, but now I've become retisant to do this.

Is there anything else I can do to get the oil to come out?

I await your

In the meantime I'm going to have a cup of tea and a smoke.

Lee

 

[evil_yoda]

Have you removed the sump plug? Removing the oil filter will not let all the oil drain out.

 

[MMC]

Yup - what the man said.

Did the same job meself on Friday night.

Bash plate off, bowl under sump, sump plug out (8mm allen key I think), then as the oil drains, unscrew the filter, wipe the filter housing, new filter on (smear of new oil around the seal), new compression washer on the sump plug and nip it up.

Refill with oil (3.75 litres with filter change). Return kitchen jug (washed) to the cupboard.

Crack a beer and admire handiwork.

 

[Tarka]

Somebody please tell me that this Thread is a wind up........please......

 

[motobiker]

My avatar was designed for posts such as these... well done! I feel completely vidicated.


.

 

[Noddy]

This has to be a feckin wind up

If not may I respectfully suggest that you never attempt any maintenance on any vehicle. Ever. Never. Take it to a garage. Please.

 

[DrAlf]

Somebody please tell me that this Thread is a wind up........please......

And you thought I was bad with a set of spanners Can't be true can it?

 

[MMC]

Come on chaps - we've all got to learn sometime and somehow.

Mind you, if you don't know how to fix summat - that's what manuals are for...

 

[boxer]

Somebody please tell me that this Thread is a wind up........please......

Gotta be

If it isn't - Flaps, if you have anyone in the world who loves you then for their sake sell the tools dude before something bad happens.

Seriously.

 

[evil_yoda]

It's an easy mistake to make. I'm sure everyone has done it at some point!!
Well......probably.......

 

[Flaps]

You're right. I forgot about about the sump plug. How many times have I changed the oil??? How much of a tosser do I feel right now???

The good news is I discovered my purpose in life. It's to be a warning to others.

Many Thanks.

 

[Flying banana]

Flaps, yer a brave, brave man for coughing the job!

Now go and get a fecking manual

 

[Hannu]

Reminds me back to the days when I was a mechanic, Told my apprentice to drain the oil from a car, TWO hours later I wondered what he was up to when he hadn't returned. Found him pushing the dipstick in and wiping it clean with a rag, "sorry" he said but this is going to take some time !
OR later when I moved into service reception when this lovely young lady came to collect her car after service. The mechanic had already told me that the car came in low on oil and that the owner should be inform to keep an eye on it. She returned with her boyfriend to collect it so I said "you need to keep an eye on your oil level" "how do I do that" she said "you use the dipstick" I informed her, reply turning toward her boyfriend "no he's no good with cars either"
BOTH TRUE STORY'S