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Title: Doing my first oil change.
Post by: annguyen1981 on March 20, 2006, 01:15:37 PM

I have an '04f and I am wondering if there is anything different about the oil change how-to that I need to be concerned with
http://www.gstwin.com/oil_change.htm

Title: Re: Doing my first oil change.
Post by: scratch on March 20, 2006, 01:21:15 PM

Nope. Other than the fairings; and the quantity of oil, since you have an oil cooler, I suspect you will need more oil for the increase in oil capacity. You will want to have a leftover bottle of oil anyway for topping up from time to time.

Title: Re: Doing my first oil change.
Post by: brett on March 20, 2006, 01:25:13 PM

Don't overtighten the bolts on the filter cap! Don't learn the hard way like me and many other people. Hand tightening them and then a half turn of the wrench should do.

Title: Re: Doing my first oil change.
Post by: nKhona on March 20, 2006, 02:23:05 PM

Quote from: brett on March 20, 2006, 01:25:13 PM
Don't overtighten the bolts on the filter cap! Don't learn the hard way like me and many other people. Hand tightening them and then a half turn of the wrench should do.

I just did an oil change, but do not remember how "tight" I made those bolts. What happens when you overtighten them?

To the OP, I used right at 3 quarts of oil and the only difference were some of the bolt sizes. I have not rechecked the oil level to see if I need to add more, as it has only been a day since I did the change.

Title: Re: Doing my first oil change.
Post by: annguyen1981 on March 20, 2006, 02:25:05 PM

Quote from: nKhona on March 20, 2006, 02:23:05 PM
Quote from: brett on March 20, 2006, 01:25:13 PM
Don't overtighten the bolts on the filter cap! Don't learn the hard way like me and many other people. Hand tightening them and then a half turn of the wrench should do.

I just did an oil change, but do not remember how "tight" I made those bolts. What happens when you overtighten them?

If you overtighten the bolts, you risk snapping them off. My guess is if that didn't happen, you're all set

Title: Re: Doing my first oil change.
Post by: daneilah on March 20, 2006, 04:39:29 PM

If you haven't removed the fairings before, check out this excellent post....

http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=18912.0

Title: Re: Doing my first oil change.
Post by: RedShift on March 20, 2006, 08:12:46 PM

Find yourself some grease and smear it into the O-Ring groove before putting the O-Ring into it. Does two things;

Helps make the O-Ring stay in place as you position the cover back in place.
Gives you added sealing capability so you don't tend to over-tighten due to a little dribble of oil.

You'll thank yourself for doing it. Trust me.

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