Great,i replace the spark in the shop for cr7e,also i put new air filter.

Cracking thread just what I was looking for

I will get cracking with that oil change in the morning

I wish I had found this thread earlier. I just did my first oil change and I was busy for a long time wiping the tyre and the floor including carpet from oil after I had loosened the exhaust drain nut. I could not believe it would be so much oil left to drain! Add to that my container hole was to small so it did not fill quick enough, so I got roughly 1-1.5 litres of oil everywhere....

...so, just out of interest, what happens if you over-fill? me not being used to dry sumps and all.
Thanks
Rob

Hi javahouse,
an engine is just an air pump and when the piston goes up and down air gets shifted around the crankcase, if there is to much oil in the crankcase it will cause crankcase pressure build up , and that can cause oil to be blown out of seals, engine can smoke,and oil pumped into the breather, Make no mistake about it to much oil is a bad thing,and if people say if an engine is overfull just let it burn off they are talking s**t. hope this answers your question.
V-tec

Mmmm, was just curious; the XT is drysumped - so can the having too much oil in hydraulic the scavenge pump or is there a PSV in the return to the frame?
Obviously I'm asking because I overfilled mine. Wondered if there was any lasting damage that could be done. I only overfilled by a couple of hundred mills, but I think the scavange pump was filling the frame completely.
Rob

Hi rob, as long as your engine has not pumped any oil out or the engine has not been smokeing (as this would damage the cat) it will be fine, just correct the level

v-tec.

+1

Thanks guys - I did do, the same night. It's been OK, but I was just curious.
Just siphoned maybe 200ml out with a piece of copper tube I found lying around in the garage. Oil syphons pretty easy when it's hot, and I just set the drop on the tube to be about the level I wanted.
Rob