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Can anyone post a picture of that tool?

I saw it was mentioned on the owners manual, but never found it in the toolkit, so I assumed that my bike hadn't come with it (it's also missing the tool to adjust the preload on the shock, and I bought it new... hate stealerships).

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Originally Posted by bigTrev (Post 153281)

very thoughtful of Mr Yamaha :eusa_clap: i have that problem with the xjr, so maybe i can use it there too. cheers Kev

Another XJR owner!? 03 1300 here!

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Originally Posted by S�sser Tod (Post 153378)

Another XJR owner!? 03 1300 here!

Good Choice :-)

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Originally Posted by S�sser Tod (Post 153377)

Can anyone post a picture of that tool?
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I don't have any picture of engine oil drain attachment, but you can see what it look like in yamaha xt660 X R 2004 service manual on page 3-24.

I also changed the oil for the first time and i want to wrote here about it and to ask some questions.

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Originally Posted by jusu (Post 153028)

I did follow the instructions that came ith the bike and added 1,9 liters first (actually 2), run the engine a bit and then added 0,6 liters more. I ran the engine some more with some revs to see if there are any leaks. Then checked the oil level. The dipstick has just a small dabble on the end, not even hitting the grooved area. I added around 0.2 l more to get the dipstick wet. What happened, did I over fill, or does the engine actually take more than the mentioned 2.6 liters of oil (with filter change)?

That�s my dilemma too � real oil quantity?
I read the service manual and remembered how was done this operation by the yamaha technician at a dealer service. I�m not sure he done it right as i�m not sure they are reading the service manual for every motorcycle. Or maybe they know better than is written in the books. Anyway one of the filter bolts is rusted. It seems that it wasn�t tightened properly. I think this periodic operation can be done by yourself if you know how.
After draining the oil, changing the oil filter, tightening the bolts ( I used a torque wrench only for the 3 oil filter bolts 10 Nm � hoping that it will be fine with the rusted bolt cleaned as it was possible), i filled 1.9 L started the engine.
Now the confusing part -oil quantity:
At the dealer service were used 3 bottles of 1 litter 15w50 synthetic 4 stroke superbike oil, except 100 ml left in one bottle that i took home. I considered that i should fill from 1.9L to 2.9 which i did.
Extract from service manual referring to Quantity
Total amount 2.90 L (this is not mentioned in the owner manual)
Without oil filter element replacement 2.50 L
With oil filter element replacement 2.60 L
The owner manual says 2.6L with oil filter replacement.
I guess i was wrong filling 2.9 L so was the service before, considering the thread
http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=14592
Now my questions:
1)Total amount 2.90L refers to what?
2) With oil filter change the total quantity filled is 2.6 L is correct? It matters if the bike is on the side stand, can vary this quantity,is draining all the oil from the engine in this position?
3) I used the bike with the old oil for aprox 3000 km, than couldn�t ride it for one year. The oil being to old i decided to change it by myself and not to run with that oil. Afther this oil change i ride it aprox 40 km. When riding (those 3000 km) nothing wrong happened or i don�t know if this overfilling affected somehow the engine?
Thanks for reading my chapter to this thread and many thanks for the answers in advance.

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Originally Posted by S�sser Tod (Post 153377)

Can anyone post a picture of that tool?

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Originally Posted by S�sser Tod (Post 153377)

I saw it was mentioned on the owners manual, but never found it in the toolkit, so I assumed that my bike hadn't come with it (it's also missing the tool to adjust the preload on the shock, and I bought it new... hate stealerships).

I hope it helps these 2 pictures with the owner�s tool kit.

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/6816/86801811.jpg
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9554/66160717.jpg

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Originally Posted by xtreme (Post 154252)

1)Total amount 2.90L refers to what? To the total amount of oil inside the engine.
2) With oil filter change the total quantity filled is 2.6 L is correct? Correct. Whatever you do, 300ml (2.9-2.6=0.3) of the old oil will still remain inside your engine. It matters if the bike is on the side stand, can vary this quantity,is draining all the oil from the engine in this position? Personally I use the centre stand, wait until no more oil drains out and then start to rock the bike sideways. Then a few more oil comes out the crankcase. So I guess the same applies for the side stand also. However the S/M doesn't mention anything about putting the bike in an upright position before changing the oil.
3) I used the bike with the old oil for aprox 3000 km, than couldn�t ride it for one year. The oil being to old i decided to change it by myself and not to run with that oil. Afther this oil change i ride it aprox 40 km. When riding (those 3000 km) nothing wrong happened or i don�t know if this overfilling affected somehow the engine?

Regards

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Originally Posted by zeiss11 (Post 154432)

Regards

thanks for the answers. I took out 0.3 ml as i wrote on the overfilling thread.

If you want to remove all the oil from the motor once the oil has finished draining, put the side stand up & tilt the bike all the way to the right wait a few seconds then tilt the bike all the way to the left, that will remove the remainder 300ml of oil that was trapped when you drained the oil, I tilt my bike a few times to get the remainder of oil out.
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