Re: Post-oil-change dribbling

[Erik Miner <axeis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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