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[Spoonz]

Right....

phoned everywhere and i get Different answers ...

what is the correct engine oil sight reading.. is it

1:) engine cold . look at sight, have it on F (full)
2:) engine warm . switch of , look at sight, should be on Full
3:) engine RUNNING but cold , look at sight with it running, on full
4:) engine RUNNING and WARM . look at sight with it running , on full
5:) engine at normal operation temp, SWITHC ENGINE OFF and then look at sight ?
6:) run enine from cold for 20secs switch it OFF then look at the sight?


on mine at the moment i have a large oil cooler so i need to get it right, when i switch my engine on the oil disipears out the oil sight Very quickly ?

should there always be oil in the sight when its running, scares the "PARP" out of me,

spoonz

[Adamsm]

I'm presently leaning towards number 4.

[Broomer]

Ive always read it from cold, meh oh well.

[markrally]

I always fill it after an oil change to the full level, run the engine for a while then put more in so it is at full when running just so it doesnt suffer oil surge.

[Alburglar]

I always fill it after an oil change to the full level, run the engine for a while then put more in so it is at full when running just so it doesnt suffer oil surge.

Ditto - I am fortunate to have a very experienced bike and bike enginged car tuner locally, he recommended exactly as above. If you're "parping it" you can get baffle plates on ebay for £60ish. really easy to fit too!

[HILTY]

Well I thought it was check when cold myself, BUT ! I've just checked with my mate that works for a Suzuki dealership as a mechanic and he says run for a few mins, switch off, leave a couple more mins, then check.

I guess you learn somthing everyday.

Hilty

[markrally]

Well I thought it was check when cold myself, BUT ! I've just checked with my mate that works for a Suzuki dealership as a mechanic and he says run for a few mins, switch off, leave a couple more mins, then check.

I guess you learn somthing everyday.

Hilty

That applies for a bike but in a car which doesnt lean like a bike you need to run a tad more oil, you will find it is only about a pint so it doesnt do much harm.

Cheers

[Pete649]

I remember Chris saying this some time ago on the matter.

http://www.theminifo...x...st&p=609320

[HILTY]

Yeh thats right..Chris has a small expantion tank were the crank case breather sits, I guess to stop it shoving the extra oil out at high revs.

Regards

Hilty

[markrally]

Yeh thats right..Chris has a small expantion tank were the crank case breather sits, I guess to stop it shoving the extra oil out at high revs.

Regards

Hilty

That was the 1500 hayabusa you were looking at, It needs that to cope with the extra windage the long stroke crank creates!!

[HILTY]

Yeh thats right..Chris has a small expantion tank were the crank case breather sits, I guess to stop it shoving the extra oil out at high revs.

Regards

Hilty

That was the 1500 hayabusa you were looking at, It needs that to cope with the extra windage the long stroke crank creates!!

Your not wrong mate ! Fancy some one having a 1585cc Hyabusa...tut tut

[hotdog]

I was going to have mine bored out to 1750 lol

[HILTY]

I was going to have mine bored out to 1750 lol

I didnt realise you could go that big???????

HILTY

[Spoonz]

knew this was going to be a good topic,. everyone does it different,

im goign to mine now when its running and have it at full when its switched on,

makes more sense.

spoonz