help please:- overfilled the oil
 

anyone have any idea of how to drain some, not all, oil out of sv1000? :smt017:confused:

cheers

tom

Re: help please:- overfilled the oil
 

slacken the oil drain and drain out slowly until you get to the right level and if you over drian just refill to correct level.

Re: help please:- overfilled the oil
 

Couple of options, drain it out of the sump plug, but draining a small amount out of there is really hard, you will get a bath trying to put the plug back in! Just slackening the drain lets it drip out incredibly slowly. If you get a clean container you could drain it all then replace the right amount...

Other option is to unscrew the filter a bit and let some dribble out. Problem with that is the filter is after the pump, so you end up having a couple of seconds with no oil flow on first startup. What I do in this situation is crank it without sparkplugs and disconnect the coil LT wires, so it isn't subjected to running stress without a full flow of oil.

Or you could find a way to siphon some out but I don't think you'd be able to get anything down the filler cap to the sump as the clutch and splash plates etc. is in the way.

Re: help please:- overfilled the oil
 

easy as huh?

was playing around with bits of plastic tubing and syringes... heheh

nice one, will give it a shot.