Ok so I have an oil question
So I am a real newbie to motorcycles and Spyders. My oil light came on on my RT. I have 3200 miles on it. I know I need to get the oil serviced but the dealer I got it from is an hour and a half away. I don't have a trailer to get it there. Would it be recommended to get it serviced at a non-Can Am shop? If the recommendation is to take it to my dealer, where do I add oil? The owner's manual just explains how to check the oil and then to add 50 mls at a time but doesn't say where. I figured I could funnel it into the same spot the dipstick is in but I don't want that NOT to be where I add it and then risk messing up the Spyder. Forgive my newbieness.
Yea, what Ann said.................
If you run that spyder with the oil light on you risk voiding your warrantee. Rent a trailer and take that thing to a Can Am dealer. Better safe than sorry.
oil and the owners manual
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Originally Posted by
Docster
OK....... but it mentions where on the dash the lights are and which come on during initial startup. The other multiple oil threads and DIY section videos here address every aspect of oil change/adding, etc.
Really, IMHO the best way to become a new Spyder owner is to read the manual front to back(repeat often), use this site's resources to learn as much about your bike as possible as there's likely no basic issue that hasn't been addressed already, then perhaps focus on farkles. The time spent here reading and learning has saved me hundreds of dollars and I've only had my Spyder 4 months.
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About the owners manual, and a few things that BRP doesn't seem to care about. I read my owners manual often, and recently had to have the ACS replaced on my 2014RTL. First point the 2014 BPR RTL manual is incorrect in the picture of what "up" and "down" is for the actual control. It show stiff (harder) ride as the lowest position on the bar chart and soft ride as the highest position on the bar chart.
Secondly.....after a dealer oil change this week (4th since new), and noting at home that for the first time the dip stick was only up to the "MIN" mark, I was ready to tear into the dealer.......only to check here and find a "HUGE" history of emails dating back to late 2014 wherein it is noted that BRP made significant changes to the oil level requirements......but didn't bother sending notices out to anyone except apparently dealers - some of which apparently ignored it because my oil changes at other dealers until now had always shown the oil at the "MAX" mark !!!
So.....reading any info from BRP now is always suspicious in my mind - especially for a $30,000 machine !!
Their flat rate book is another issue, but I discussed that under the ACS threads.