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Checking Oil
Anyone besides me have trouble checking oil with the screw in dip stick? Well after cross threading and damaging the threads on the plastic dip stick I came up with a solution. I took a piece of 3/8" wood dowel and glued it into a small block of wood, cut it off slightly longer than stock dip stick, measured the distance from cap to fill and full lines on stock dip stick and filed a groove in wooden dowel at these lengths. So now to check the oil, and add oil if necessary, remove the plastic dip stick put my wooden dip stick in oil tank until the block of wood is flush with top of oil tank. If its okay replace the stock dip stick, if not now I don't have to screw dip stick in and out a number of times until oil level is right. FYI I carry this dip stick and a small rag in a plastic bag so I have it when on trips.
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Nice idea,but doesn't the wooden dowel get saturated with oil so as to always read at that level?
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Originally Posted by pegasus1300
Nice idea,but doesn't the wooden dowel get saturated with oil so as to always read at that level?
Yes the dowel does soak up the oil but youcan still see the oil level.
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Has anyone had a problem with overfilling oil reservoir. Is this an issue where I need to get the extra oil out.
Graham
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Congrats. ..
Several have done this myself...I have found removing the o-ring makes it much easier to check...
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[QUOTE=Graeym;1201530]Has anyone had a problem with overfilling oil reservoir. Is this an issue where I need to get the extra oil out.
Graham
Bob's idea using turkey baster is great. I once over filled and didn't have baster. I used drinking straw with finger over the end, much slower but it worked.
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Originally Posted by JayHawker
Anyone besides me have trouble checking oil with the screw in dip stick? Well after cross threading and damaging the threads on the plastic dip stick I came up with a solution. I took a piece of 3/8" wood dowel and glued it into a small block of wood, cut it off slightly longer than stock dip stick, measured the distance from cap to fill and full lines on stock dip stick and filed a groove in wooden dowel at these lengths. So now to check the oil, and add oil if necessary, remove the plastic dip stick put my wooden dip stick in oil tank until the block of wood is flush with top of oil tank. If its okay replace the stock dip stick, if not now I don't have to screw dip stick in and out a number of times until oil level is right. FYI I carry this dip stick and a small rag in a plastic bag so I have it when on trips.
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Well, seems like over engineering to me. When the oil is changed, check it the regular way, did that just yesterday.Take the dipstick out, clean it off again and reinsert it, but don't screw it down. Simple enough. Pull dipstick, see where it is on the "unscrewed in dipstick" and remember that, and check it that way each time. No wear and tear, no extra rags or wooden plugs, and when it goes down enough to add 4 oz or what ever, do it. I've been doing that for 100 years or so and so far so good on what ever scooter, bike or ?? I'm checking. Nothing has ever blown up! If this sounds too simple, don't do it this way, won't hurt my feelings!
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Or you can put the straw on the end of the turkey baster and throw the straw away. Less mess to clean up on the turkey, I mean baster
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Originally Posted by Graeym
Has anyone had a problem with overfilling oil reservoir. Is this an issue where I need to get the extra oil out.
Graham
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Easy enough to get extra oil out of the tank with a piece of 1/4 inch tubing and the same vacuum pump you bleed the brake lines with. I use little pint catch jar to bleed the brakes. Got another half gallon catch jar for other things, like lowering the oil level.
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