Changing air filter

[skyline]

Hi all

Changed my oil and oil filter last night :cool: and tonight I'm gonna be changing the air filter. Just to check tho - in the Haynes manual it says after the change you need to remove the drain cap and drain hose plug to let any residue come out.

I haven't looked into this, dumbass me :smt017 but is it necessary to do and if so anyone got any hints about it?

Cheers people :)

[Sid Squid]

Need more info.

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=71305

[skyline]

Ooop sorry :oops:

It's a sv650s k2.

According to Haynes it looks like on one side of the airbox you need to take off a cap for the residue drain and on the other side is a plug for the drain hose. These are attached by clamps to the bike which need undoing. If you replace or clean the filter you need to unplug these two points to let any residue out.

Just asking if this is something that has to be done?

Cheers

[Dave20046]

should be straight forward, I imagine you'll just need to unbung the drain pipe let the crap flow out and then give the airbox a wipe out with a cloth.

And you may aswell do it while your down there.

[skyline]

Got it done! Couldn't find the drain hose anywhere so maybe it's just on the earlier gen1 models. I uncapped the residue drain at the bottom of the airbox but nothing came out, was good to do though.

Cheers Dave20046 :)

[Dave20046]

Got it done! Couldn't find the drain hose anywhere so maybe it's just on the earlier gen1 models. I uncapped the residue drain at the bottom of the airbox but nothing came out, was good to do though.

Cheers Dave20046 :)
Nice to hear - it's very satisfying saving yourself money and doing it yourself!

[Dangerous Dave]

it's very satisfying saving yourself money and doing it yourself!
+ 1, I tend to encourage people to do this even if it involves having customers hanging about and watching/helping.

[skyline]

Yeah, I've got the bike going in for service today but doing the oil and air myself has saved lots:D The main thing they've got to do is the spark plugs, which is still out of my league at the mo...

Hopefully when the next service rolls around (1500 miles) I'll be able to do most of the stuff myself and just take it in for the valve clearances - fingers crossed!:cool:

[skyline]

Oooop 15000 miles even

[Dave20046]

Spark plugs are just a case of removing and installing a new one. (essentially like removing and screwing back in a bolt) just got to make sure you don't over tighten them. For the future you'll need an appropriate plug socket and a feeler gauge. (personally I've never used a feeler guage to gap spark plugs so far - in my defence they were just single cylinder 125s) but on my lovely sv I will.

[Dangerous Dave]

you'll need an appropriate plug socket
The best one is in the SV's tool kit!