Ex-Rocket
Well-known member
Well today was a first for me to do an oil change on a 2015 RTS. I must say that it went way better than I thought. Had no problem removing the mirror. I always worry about breaking something when removing the mirror assembly but it came off pretty easy. Removing the necessary panels was a piece of cake. I used wheel ramps to get the Spyder higher so to be able to crawl under it. Located the first drain plug on the left hand side and loosened it and let it drain slowly, which took probably an half hour. I didn't take it completely out until the oil stopped. Then moved over to the right side and located that drain plug and just loosened it and let it drain and then completely removed it. Then onto the oil filter which also pretty easy. I didn't have a metric socket but I think it was an 1 7/16 socket that fit good enough. Unscrewed it and pulled out the filter. Easy , peacy. I bought gold drain plugs and bought my oil change kit from BajaRon. Installed the new drain plugs and oil filter along with new rubber O-rings and filled it up with 4.5 quarts of Amsoil. Crank it up and let it run 10-15 minutes and then checked the oil and added .5 quart to get to the max line. Total time a little over 2 hours. But I was in no hurry. If anyone is scared to do an oil change, I'd encourage you to try it, it really isn't that hard of a deal. I did watch a video that someone had posted on here doing an oil change and that really helped my a lot on where the oil drain plugs were and also where the oil filter was, and what panels to remove.:yes::yes::yes:
