Ello all ... figured i'd better do an oil change on the old girl as she hasn't had one since I got her back. Book says .. dry engine/new filter .. 4 litres 10w/40 ... drained the old out ... filter swop etc all good ... stuck in 4 litres as stated ... cant see the oil level in the window ... but as I as disposing (legally) of the old oil I realised theres near on 7 litres come out ... am I missing something ? That's a big old difference She's a 2000 955i
Hi Toad, Are you checking the oil level when the bike is on its side stand? If so, get somebody to hold the bike upright whilst you look at the oil level in the sight glass. Even without expert knowledge of the Speed Triple. I'm positive that it shouldn't have had 7ltrs of oil in it.
No its upright on an Abba stand .. but the amount that came out seems to be a lot more than has gone in .. im confuzzled
Does the Abba stand hold it upright but cocked forwards or backwards? Have you run the engine since doing the oil change? If not, run it for 1 minute then allow the oil to settle for 30 minutes.
Its sitting level .. engines been run for a few mins as per the manual .. been sitting for about an hour now .. im wondering if the book is wrong and the capacity is more than I thought
I had a 2002 Daytona 955i a few years back which had a dipstick to check the oil with. I guess something changed between '00 and '02. However, 4 litres will be plenty for an oil/filter change - unless that's changed as well!!
I can't think of any domestic vehicle with a sump capacity of 7 litres. Triples are around 3.5 litres. Is it possible the previous owner overfilled it? Mine uses a dipstick, so don't know about the window.
My 2.0 car only takes 5.5ltrs with an oil filter change. It definitely had too much oil in if 7ltrs came out?
A 2000 955i should hold 4 to 4•5 litres , higher amount if filter done and bike was left to drain fully, almost all triumph variants between 92 and 2005 took 4 litres or so, Did you top up oils regularly ? As that could explain some of the 7 litres that came out , I never needed to top up my 94 trident or my 99 and 2000 Sprint's between oil changes/services.
It was topped up til visible in the window ... but obviously that's way more than 4 litres .. May have to enquire at a dealers
No lol .. went to put the "4 litres" of old oil in the now empty container ... filled to brim and still 2 litres left
something's far wrong there its overfilled bike if 7litres came out that's a definite,you say since you got it back ? Got back from where and when,if you had checked level previous what was level? In sight glass i assume that model is meant to have a sight glass ?,if it is meant to have one it must be halfway up glass surely an online manual is easy to download free.
