agent2494
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THIS MAY SOUND SILLY BUT WHAT LEVEL SHOULD THE OIL BE IN THE GLASS AS BIKE HAS JUST COME BACK FROM 12,000 AND GLASS IS FULL
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Too much oil !!!
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THIS MAY SOUND SILLY BUT WHAT LEVEL SHOULD THE OIL BE IN THE GLASS AS BIKE HAS JUST COME BACK FROM 12,000 AND GLASS IS FULL
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Relax, don't worry about it.
Dealers measure out the exact amount of oil needed as per the specs and then fill the engine. It's a much more reliable and accurate method than using the sight glass ....
Everybike i've ever serviced, 1100,1150 and 1200 all cover the oil sight glass when filled with the correct amount of oil, and there's never been any problems.
Anywhere within the red circle is fine.
If not sure put a bit of wood under the left hand leg of the centre stand - if you still cannot see an air gap at the top then IMO it has definetly been overfilled.
If not sure put a bit of wood under the left hand leg of the centre stand - if you still cannot see an air gap at the top then IMO it has definetly been overfilled.
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Spot on
You can bet your bottom dollar that the dealer won't overfill at £15 a litre or whatever it costs them
Spot on
It also costs the mechanic time adding a bit of oil, waiting for the sump to fill, adding a bit more, waiting for the sump to fill, and then waiting a bit longer just in case, etc etc.
Full time/proffesional mechanics and workshops have 25/205 litre drums with pumps, you can't tip one of those up and fill the engine
How much simpler, quicker and accurate is it to measure out the exact quantity and just bung it in. Job done and no fannying around for 20 minutes.
Not one to argue with the great Steptoe
........and not saying that it will damage the engine but find it strange that in the maunal it says the correct oil level is within the red circle yet you are saying the actual correct level is one above the top of the sight glass which cannot be checked
agent2494
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Thanks guys for your help and time
Agent 2494
Agent 2494
Not one to argue with the great Steptoe
........and not saying that it will damage the engine but find it strange that in the maunal it says the correct oil level is within the red circle yet you are saying the actual correct level is one above the top of the sight glass which cannot be checked
What they mean is "keep it between the red circle" inbetween services.
You don't need to check it if it's above the circle, it means there's oil in the engine
KISS.
What they mean is "keep it between the red circle" inbetween services.
You don't need to check it if it's above the circle, it means there's oil in the engine
KISS.
....and yet in the manual it says If the oil level is above the MAX mark have the oil level corrected by a specialist workshop
....and yet in the manual it says If the oil level is above the MAX mark have the oil level corrected by a specialist workshop
It's been corrected, you're uncorrecting it.
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It's been corrected, you're uncorrecting it.
So I am uncorrecting something to get it to the correct position
Time to bring yet another oil thread to an end
Dahoum
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