RE: Post-oil-change dribbling

[Erik Miner <axeis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FWIW my 99 has a plain old bolt. No hex, no torx, just a bolt. so I 
just use a plain old socket!

Erik
Hot Dawg


>What tool did you use to remove the drain plug? Torx I hope. If not take a
>close look at it, using an Allen will cause it to crack leaving you with a
>small leak at first.
>
>Paul & Dee
>>
>>  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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