Oil Change. How Important Is Temperature?

[DaniBoy]

So being February in NY and unable to ride, I’m working on the bike today. Kurayken grips, plugs and wires, canisterectomy, vacuum lines, etc. For fun, I pulled the dipstick and it’s not even wet. No oil showing whatsoever. Is that even conceivable for a 55 degree motor that hasn’t been run in two months? I’m holding off on doing the oil
/filter change until it’s nice enough that I can get this girl out for a ride.

[EdMat]

So being February in NY and unable to ride, I’m working on the bike today. Kurayken grips, plugs and wires, canisterectomy, vacuum lines, etc. For fun, I pulled the dipstick and it’s not even wet. No oil showing whatsoever. Is that even conceivable for a 55 degree motor that hasn’t been run in two months? I’m holding off on doing the oil
/filter change until it’s nice enough that I can get this girl out for a ride.

You have made the first step in understanding why there is such a convoluted procedure for checking the oil level.

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

For fun, I pulled the dipstick and it’s not even wet. No oil showing whatsoever. Is that even conceivable for a 55 degree motor that hasn’t been run in two months?

Yes! Go back to post #11, https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/...=1#post1658351, and read the first full paragraph. I explain why that is normal.

Oops! I just noticed you have a 2010 which is the 990 V-twin. But much the same thing happens with it as with the 1330. The oil drains from the tank to the crankcase when it sits idle.

[Woodaddict]

So being February in NY and unable to ride, I’m working on the bike today. Kurayken grips, plugs and wires, canisterectomy, vacuum lines, etc. For fun, I pulled the dipstick and it’s not even wet. No oil showing whatsoever. Is that even conceivable for a 55 degree motor that hasn’t been run in two months? I’m holding off on doing the oil
/filter change until it’s nice enough that I can get this girl out for a ride.

YEP, that is WHY owners and EVEN dealerships with incompetent service tech's (yes these places sometimes, been reported here) overfill the oil. Then it leaks out thru the filler cap when started up and riding. This is an oddball engine, but proves to read the manual and just get on this forum to get the low down!!

[rhino1]

Since this is about oil changes. I just changed my oil in my 2022 RTL. I wouldn’t recommend u change the oil drain plug on the clutch side to the yellow zinc drain plug, hex head. Reason being is u can’t use a socket on it, because of the brake linkage in the way. U can’t tighten it or even torque it with a torque wrench. There was a reason y BRP put an Allen head plug there. Now on the other side with the torx head, that one will work. Just for your FYI. I probably should have started a new thread. O well.

[rhino1]

O, by the way, I’m in sunny Tucson AZ, not snowy cold Wisconsin!!