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Se5 oil change help
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MMcc
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two drain plugs
Did you remove both drain plugs? The one under the oil tank and the one for the engine. This second one is somewhat hidden. Even then there will be some oil mess when you remove the tranny oil filter. I needed to place a shop towel under the tranny filter housing to catch all the oil that is trapped there. Don't know of any other options. If you don't soak it up with a towel it runs onto the fins below the filter housing and is a mess to clean up. Hopefully someone else has more experience and will tell us how to avoid that in the future.
Did you remove both drain plugs? The one under the oil tank and the one for the engine. This second one is somewhat hidden. Even then there will be some oil mess when you remove the tranny oil filter. I needed to place a shop towel under the tranny filter housing to catch all the oil that is trapped there. Don't know of any other options. If you don't soak it up with a towel it runs onto the fins below the filter housing and is a mess to clean up. Hopefully someone else has more experience and will tell us how to avoid that in the future.
Dudley
New member
Do what I did...let it drain on the engine, fuss a little, Simple Green it, and all is well.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Turkey basters are OK, but an oil suction gun from the auto parts store is better.
SpyderWolf
New member
I also stick a rag in there to soak up as much of it as possible. It usually does a good job.
Glad to hear you got it done for her though. :thumbup:
Glad to hear you got it done for her though. :thumbup:
Sarge707
Active member
I get,that out with my moeller oil extractor with the long thin hose.
It sucks out about 3-4 ozs. more.
To avoid the mess on the fins: with the plug out of the drained reservoir, place a pan under the res. Slack the HCM filter cover screws a few turns while holding the cover in. Now, quickly pull back on the filter cover enough to momentarily unseat the O ring and then press the cover back again to seal the oil in. If you are fast here very little, if any, oil leaks out. You could have a rag in place to catch any drops, but there wont be much. What this action does is to admit atmospheric air into the module," breaking the suction." You will then hear the residual oil running into the reservoir and see it pour into the drain pan. Wait till it finishes running and then you can remove the filter with no mess.
BajaRon
Well-known member
This has always intrigued me about the SE5. There is a drain plug located next to the transmission filter which I assume is designed to drain the oil in the transmission circuit. But I don't know anyone who uses it. I don't own an SE so I have no more information that what is supplied in the BRP parts listing for the Spyder.
My thought would be to thread a short extension into this drain plug hole to clear the case. Then you could pull the cap at the end of the extension and avoid the transmission drain mess.
At one time I was looking into getting the O-Ring for this drain plug to include in the Filter Kits I sell. But no one ever asked for them so I never pursued it further.
My thought would be to thread a short extension into this drain plug hole to clear the case. Then you could pull the cap at the end of the extension and avoid the transmission drain mess.
At one time I was looking into getting the O-Ring for this drain plug to include in the Filter Kits I sell. But no one ever asked for them so I never pursued it further.
Trickie Dick
New member
This has always intrigued me about the SE5. There is a drain plug located next to the transmission filter which I assume is designed to drain the oil in the transmission circuit. But I don't know anyone who uses it. I don't own an SE so I have no more information that what is supplied in the BRP parts listing for the Spyder.
My thought would be to thread a short extension into this drain plug hole to clear the case. Then you could pull the cap at the end of the extension and avoid the transmission drain mess.
At one time I was looking into getting the O-Ring for this drain plug to include in the Filter Kits I sell. But no one ever asked for them so I never pursued it further.
Never knew it was there. No mention of it in the owner's manual. :dontknow: Has anyone ever used it?
BajaRon
Well-known member
Good question. Hope we get an answer as I am curious and I don't even have an SE!
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MikeinGA
New member
Never knew it was there. No mention of it in the owner's manual. :dontknow: Has anyone ever used it?Good question. Hope we get an answer as I am curious and I don't even have an SE!
It's to drain the transmission on SE5 if the transmission filter is not changed or removed.
Mike
Originally Posted by Trickie Dick
It's to drain the transmission on SE5 if the transmission filter is not changed or removed.
Mike
:agree: Originally BRP recommended to only change the trans filter every other oil change, The plug is there So you can drain the filter with out removing it.
BajaRon
Well-known member
Originally Posted by Trickie Dick
It's to drain the transmission on SE5 if the transmission filter is not changed or removed.
Mike
Yes, true, I did know that. But will removing this plug drain the oil more completely than just removing the filter?
M109Dreamer
Active member
I don't see how pulling the plug would drain any more oil out if you have the filter out anyway. It appears that the plug is above the filter housing and would think it would/should drain from the lower point where the SE filter is? And if you did drain it from the plug I would think it would go all over the fins, that looks like it would be a complete mess? Is it only me that see's this? Curious to see if anyone has removed this plug yet.
BajaRon
Well-known member
That is probably exactly why this drain plug is a waste of time. Very odd that BRP would go to the trouble of installing a drain plug that didn't drain all the oil it could. And that is probably why I've never had a request for the O-Ring on that plug.
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