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Re: Post-oil-change dribbling
- Subject: Re: Post-oil-change dribbling
- From: Erik Miner <axeis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 22:59:34 -0400
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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