Oil Change

[jambo]

Originally Posted by SmudgeK3

change it every 2/3000 miles or if it looks black in the inspection window, all you need is a spanner for the drain plug and a container for the use oil filters should come off by hand if your not changing the filter take it off and run some new oil through it

Or change it every 3,500 - 4,000 like in the book. It will get black as it absorbs dirt, soot etc from the engine to keep it away from the internals, this shows it's doing its job

the black is clutch dust, and i like to keep my bike in the best nik possible so fully synth and 2500 oil changes for me

[JediGoat]

Ok....so seeing as it was last changed at the 4.5k service, and there are now 7.5k miles on the clock, should i just change the oil and fillter, or is it best to leave it be and get it done as part of the next service (which I believe is due).

Jo

Depends if your made of money really, your saving yourself a few quid really. Garage wanted to charge me £40 for summit like that. When it would cost u £20 tops in all the bits u need.

Originally Posted by shop_addict

Ok....so seeing as it was last changed at the 4.5k service, and there are now 7.5k miles on the clock, should i just change the oil and fillter, or is it best to leave it be and get it done as part of the next service (which I believe is due).

Jo

i suppose it depends on whether you service the bike yourself or garage it, personally i would hate to think of someone else touching my bike, i would service it and check if they've changed the filter and check if they changed it with a new one

[JediGoat]

Originally Posted by Kinvig

I get my oil filters from this bloke on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Filtrex-Heavy-...QQcmdZViewItem

v.quick service. If you're doing it in Highgate give me a shout I'll help you guage your oil level when you refill.

Thanks for link....altho I reckon I should dig through my trade catalogues to see if I can find any in there (not that I'm sure what I'm looking for...but that's a minor detail )

Ta for offer of help.....

Jo

Originally Posted by plowsie

Depends if your made of money really, your saving yourself a few quid really. Garage wanted to charge me £40 for summit like that. When it would cost u £20 tops in all the bits u need.

my god Stu what oil do you use, the oil alone costs me £30 and the filter £4

Fock me i used HG oil, £13 for 4 litres i think.

you cheepscate, i use silkolene fully sythetic

Posh git lol