Thumper Club Forum
Technical => Bike Problems/Questions => Topic started by: guest1125 on October 01, 2012, 11:54:46 AM
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CAN ANYONE GIVE ADVICE ON CHECKING THE OIL ON A SRX600, I HAVE HAD THIS BIKE FOR 7 YEARS NOW AND ON OCCASION IT SEEMS TO GO FROM BEING SPOT ON TO NEAR ON EMPTY IN A MATTER OF MINS , OR THE OTHER EXTREEM WHEN CHANGING THE OIL I HAVE FILLED IT TO THE MAX MARK, BUT THEN WHEN RUNNING IT FOUND IT TO BE OVERFLOWING WHEN CHECKING THE LEVEL A FEW MINUTES LATER?
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- Warm the bike up
- Stop the engine
- Hold the bike upright
- Remove the dipstick and wipe clean
- Replace the dipstick but don't screw it in
- Check the level
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Its a bit hit and miss. I generally just put a fixed amount in when I change the oil and then regularly check there is at least something on the dipstick.
Dont run the engine with the dipstick out, it dont arf make a mess.
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Hi Steve,
I generally checked it when its cold, thanks for the reply will try your approach, I did accidently remove the bleed screw on the oil filter cover recently with the engine running that made quite a mess too.
Soilman
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Look on the bright side, at least you know the oil pump is working ;D
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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE PUMP STOPPED WORKING, HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? WOULD IT CAUSE UNTOLD DAMAGE? :-\
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The failure of the oil pump will never cause untold damage. The damage will be told with great chagrin.
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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE PUMP STOPPED WORKING, HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? WOULD IT CAUSE UNTOLD DAMAGE? :-\
It could be the beginning of a good song ;)
If no more oil, everything that needs to be ... oiled will suffer : piston, crankcase, valve, cylinder, ....
If you are eager to put a new engine in your bike it's a good start to forgot oil leveling.