I was very fortunate recently: I noticed oil stains on the ground; found that my oil drain plug washer had cracked and so the drain plug itself was leaking. I was faced with a significant financial burden: $0.50 for a washer and $12 for some Shell 15W-40, but I somehow got all the money together and changed the oil. Just the oil, not the filter -- life's too short and neither oil nor filter are due anyway.
I have to say I noticed improved shifting this AM, and had forgotten I'd changed the oil meanwhile. It just occurred to me.
Heh!
Good catch! I'd hate for that plug to catastrophically fail mid ride! :mad:
Yes I'm no fan of oil leaks. They're vastly over-rated IMO. Especially on bikes. I could do entirely without them.
If you weren't due for an oil change why not collect it and put it back? Depends I guess on how far you are into the cycle. I recently had to change a leaky stator cover soon after putting in $50 bucks worth of synthetic, I just drained the oil then put it back in.
$50 buys me four oil changes.
You drain it, it's dirty... clean, cheap, name brand oil is better than anything dirty I'd think.
Shell is priced so well in the US, it's great. Feels like the 1990s again.