Oil usage

[billybovine]

Is that really what it's all about?:dontknow::roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

Yup!
I have unfortunately found out that most folks try to do what they THINK they read ,as the correct procedure...

Instead of actually following what is printed in the manual. :shocked: nojoke

Instead of trusting my horrible memory; I take the book out and keep it handy, whenever I've got to do anything more complicated than putting my butt in the seat!

 

[finless]

Step # 3 page 127 of your owner's manual.

Yep found that.... But I have only ever done that when adding oil. Haven't needed to do that just to check. Again by the time I stop the motor, pull the panel, remove the stick, wipe it, put it back and remove again, only a minute or so has gone by. I would agree if you wait 5 minutes or so, to do that.

Bob

 

[missouriboy]

Yes I have seen that happen a couple times.... Check it and it's at a certain level, put the stick back in and check again and it has dropped, again and it has dropped some more. That happened to me shortly after getting the Spyder and it freaked me out. Restarting it and running it up a little, it came back up and the 2nd time it did not drop like that. I could see when this happens you over fill. Like Billy said, it doesn't happen often.

Bob

This is due to the randomness of the "stopped position" of the sump: it may stop turning at a position to let oil leak back through it... or it may not. The purpose of the 30-second idle step is to ensure you check it before any back-seepage occurs.

After a hard enough run to heat things up good, I do it like this:

Remove body panel. Remove dipstick, clean it and check for excessive foam.
Replace clean dipstick, only finger-tight.
THEN run the engine for 30+ seconds.
After engine shutoff, remove & wipe dipstick, re-insert and remove again as quickly as possible to check oil level.

The goal is to check the level quickly, before the oil has time to significantly leak back through the engine sump into the crankcase. If I'm not satisfied with the reading, because of taking too long with those cantankerous threads, I do the engine-run step again.

 

[finless]

Yes I figured when this happens it was due to where the motor stopped. And you can tell this is happening like I said because each successive insertion of the stick, the oil keeps dropping. When that happens I do in fact restart. But I have only seen that drastic change happen a few times. Most the time it does not do that.

Bottom line when I started my 14K service a few weeks ago, I had no oil in the air box nor leakage from the breather hose. So I have never over filled it.



Bob

 

[kep-up]

Did someone say a quart in 1000 miles is acceptable? Nope, not in my book! Maybe back in 1964, but not in present times! Just returned from a 1200 mile ride from my house to Asheville, NC via Rte. 340 to Waynesboro and then the BRP to Asheville. returned vial rte 221 to 21 to Wytheville then via I81 to Front Royal and then back 340 and various country roads to home. Checked the oil when I returned and added less than 200ml. IMHO, that is acceptable, but barely.

 

[missouriboy]

I've never added more than a quart between changes. I change at approx. 5000 miles, and now have 31,500 miles on her. Sometimes I add less than the whole quart (as long as I keep well above the 'add' mark).

 

[Highwayman2013]

On my 2012 I have been using the BRP kit and the left over 3/4 of a quart does not get used up at 4,600 miles.