RE: Post-oil-change dribbling

[Erik Miner <axeis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know if it causes a problem overfilling or how much the whole 
jug over fills . All I know is that the sight glass has max and a min 
marks next to it.  I like the oil level at the full mark. I don't 
like it being over filled which means you can't see anything except 
oil in the sight glass. YMMV

Erik



>Guess I have consistently just dumped the entire jug of Triumph oil in and
>have not seen any problems with leaking oil other than the drain plug and a
>countershaft seal.
>Paul & Dee
>>
>>  Paul, I used a Torx T50--per the ST FAQs page.  The drain plug is dry and
>>  OK.  (Whew.)  No, the oil is definitely coming from the breather tube.
>>
>>  > Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 19:22:03 -0400
>>  > From: "Paul Steinbacher" <psteinbacher@xxxxxxxxx>
>>  > Subject: RE: Post-oil-change dribbling
>>  >
>>  > 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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