As you are going into your summer season, it shouldn't hurt, as long as the oil filter was installed properly.
The color comes from incomplete drainage. I tend to stand my bikes on their kickstand and rotate them so that the oil drain hole is as close to on the bottom as I can safely support. I still cannot drain all of the old oil from the CB500XA.
Yes. I was pretty paranoid after reading the "engine destruction thread", i took pictures of the old one which depicted the extruding black seal on the filter should point towards the engine. (opposite side of the spring)
The color comes from incomplete drainage. I tend to stand my bikes on their kickstand and rotate them so that the oil drain hole is as close to on the bottom as I can safely support. I still cannot drain all of the old oil from the CB500XA.
I had it on the paddoc stand for a good 10 minutes after riding for about that long to heat the oil up. *shurgs* dunno what else i coulda done. I did rock it abit, but ill try rolling it abit more next time like you said.
its really black tho? the oil usually had a honey yellow color never this black
I've never been able to get all the old oil out, and my fresh change generally turns a nice brown after I've ridden it. But diesel oil is also generally a bit darker than automotive oil, and turns a darker shade a bit faster from what I've gathered.
I'm sure your perfectly fine. What you can do if you ever want to and kill time is buy 3 of everything you can change your oil 3 times. I've done that and it's golden.
#1 thing to check is to make sure you're reading the oil level in the sight glass correctly and you didn't overfill it.
Hey, has anyone here ever tried using a vacuum syphon to extract their old oil instead of draining it?
I use a LiquiVac to change the oil on my Altima Coupe. It works great and it seems to actually get more of the used oil out than when I was draining it into a pan.
#1 thing to check is to make sure you're reading the oil level in the sight glass correctly and you didn't overfill it.
Hey, has anyone here ever tried using a vacuum syphon to extract their old oil instead of draining it?
I use a LiquiVac to change the oil on my Altima Coupe. It works great and it seems to actually get more of the used oil out than when I was draining it into a pan.
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