Mate - I’ve been totally slack regarding bike maintenance recently - as long as it’s got half decent oil in it and nothing is dangerous I couldn’t give a fook!
this is what happened… i changed the oil on Saturday.
this morning i thought id doublecheck the level and it was at max when i put the dipstick in but above max if i screwed it in… as i wasnt sure if you should screw it in or not to check i thought id remove some oil.
took a siringe and a small tube and started to draw some oil… but i dropped the tube in! :pinch: … a couple of minutes of swearing and kicking myself later i calmed down.
i could see the top of the tube but couldnt get it ourt through the dipstick whole. so had to drain the engine again and take the side cover off.
without oil the tube went further in towards the bellypan… i could just about see it and decided to risk it and try with the pliers…
somehow i managed to grab it with the first attempt and remove it…
Classic situation Pan - a desire for total perfection just makes the situation worse - we’ve all been there :hehe:
And it usually happens on a Sunday afternoon when the bike has to be ready to get you to work Monday morning . . .
Regarding the dipstick issue - check the oil with the cap resting on top of the casing - not screwed in.
Secondly - remember that the dipstick is going in at an angle - so when you take the dipstick out remember which side of the dipsticks flat surface was pointing to the front and which side was pointing to the rear.
e.g. if the engine is correctly filled to max this will show the oil as resting along the upper mark on the front of the dipstick - which is the reading you should go by - however if you look at the back of the dipstick you will get a false reading - e.g. the oil level will be above the uppermark making you think you over filled it - however you haven’t - it’s just that the mark at the back of the dipstick is more deeply submerged in oil due to the angle of insertion.
It’s the kind of thing that only occurs to you over time!
Yeah - most of my f*ck ups happen when I’m trying to reach an imagined perfection that does’t really exist.
Regarding overfilling - in the past I have just undone the sump bolt - let a bit gush out into a jug - torqued the sump bolt back up again - and then had another go at getting the level right.
Cheers mate, i’m having trouble with getting into first and finding neutral, thought i may have come across reason why for a minute then, i’ll get manual out as soon as i’m home;)