Re: Post-oil-change dribbling

["Pete Berg" <peteberg@xxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm . . . OK, I'll try it.  But page 71 of my owner's manual says that the
engine oil capacity is 4.22 US quarts, or 4.00 liters--exactly what the
Triumph oil jug holds.

- - Pete
>
> Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 22:59:34 -0400
> From: Erik Miner <axeis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Post-oil-change dribbling
>
> I believe that using the whole jug will overfill it. When I've
> changed my oil I find that
> about 3.8 quarts fill it up. Not the 4 liters in the Triumph jug. I'd
> suggest loosening the drain plug and letting some out..see if the
> problem goes away.
>
> Erik
>
>
> >After I changed the oil last weekend, the next morning I went out to the
> >garage and there was an oil spot underneath the bike.  Not that small,
> >either.  I figured that I didn't tighten the oil filter
> sufficiently, so I
> >gave it a little more wrench, then fired up the bike, and let it
> idle some.
> >Returned a few hours later to discover another oil spot!
> >
> >Tonight I took off the left body panels to investigate the source.
> >Discovered that the oil is coming from the left-side breather tube.
> >
> >Is this a common phenomenon?  I used the Triumph 4T Racing oil.
> According
> >to previous posts, the quantity in the jug is precisely the
> right amount to
> >dump into the bike.  It's behaving like I overfilled it.



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