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| | | MotorMac | | Jupiter |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 29/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 1,941 | | Location | : | Nor Cal, United States |
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| | Posted : 17 Sep 2015 - 04:22 Post title : Motor oil CAPACITY question... | | | Did my best to search here (2 years at a time), but only found one relevant post confirming the same oil capacities I have listed in my service manual:
6.0 liters (6.34 qts.) dry
4.2 liters (4.43 qts.) oil and filter change
4.0 liters (4.22 qts.) oil change only
Question is, where's the other 1.8-2.0 liters of oil? That's around 2 quarts.
Seems like an awful lot of oil to go missing, no? Gearbox drains with engine oil, doesn't it? Could that a typo?
(Other two specs are spot-on.) Curiosity has got me.....
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| | | davetac1 | | Thunderbird | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,379 | | Location | : | Haverhill, Ma., United States |
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| | Posted : 17 Sep 2015 - 04:33 Post title : Re: Motor oil CAPACITY question... (Re: MotorMac) | | | Since the drain plug is in the bottom of the crank case and I keep my bike perfectly level when changing the oil and filter,[HOT] allowing it to drain for a good 10-15 minutes,and putting 4 qts. and 20 some odd oz.[I think it's 24 oz.] back in,then starting and running it for 5 or 10 minutes,shutting it off ,allowing it to set for another 5-10 minutes before checking the level on the dip stick, I would say that it's probably a typo error.BUT!!! Ya also have the middle gear to consider where the oil can NOT drain from,so it's possible that it may very well take the full 6 qts. IF the motor trans has been completely torn down. 
| | Post edited by davetac1 on 17 Sep 2015 - 04:39 |
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| | | Leethal | | Zeus | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/01/2011 | | Posts | : | 6,589 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 17 Sep 2015 - 07:12 Post title : Re: Motor oil CAPACITY question... (Re: davetac1) | | | About one litre resides in the LH side clutch/torque compensator cover.
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| | | RayStorm | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 18/02/2014 | | Posts | : | 143 | | Location | : | Henniker, NH, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Sep 2015 - 13:35 Post title : Re: Motor oil CAPACITY question... (Re: Leethal) | | | There is also some oil in the right side cover, presumably to help cool the alternator.
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| | | MotorMac | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 29/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 1,941 | | Location | : | Nor Cal, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Sep 2015 - 17:22 Post title : Re: Motor oil CAPACITY question... (Re: RayStorm) | | | On my trusty old Bonny, primary cover had its own drain as a small amount of oil was trapped there with clutch and primary drive, and gearbox had its own oil.
I can see how clutch might retain a fair amount of oil - I know zip about torque compensators except what I see in the manual - but apparently it seems reasonable to you guys that 2 liters might remain behind after draining oil. Guess that's the price we pay for having a single oil supply shared by motor, clutch, gearbox and all. All the more reason for frequent changes since 1/3rd of it stays behind.
Thank you, gentlemen.
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