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Changing oil and oil level check

  • Thread starter Thread starter danbouck
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I'd guess that it probably is normal to not see any oil in the sight glass while the engine is running. I have no idea exactly what the quantity of oil is that stays in passageways and such while the engine is running, but obviously, the oil pump is going to pick up some fairly significant amount of oil and begin pressurizing it throughout the engine. The level will therefore undoubtedly drop quite a bit in the window.
 
Isk isk now i knew why I got exxcess oil outside of the engine. I must reduce my engine oil then. before more damage are done.
 
DaveDanger said:
I went back and re-read your first post Keith... and you're correct. (I know that you appreciate my validating your existence:) ) You were speaking more along the line of "not warm enough oil" not draining down properly. For some reason, I read that as "Get it warm, and check it quickly". (sigh) Does anyone have a wet noodle to flail me with?
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No wet noodle handy but I did want to add that I have the "ES" version of the subject bike (i.e. same engine), and I have seen big differences in the "drained down" oil level in the sight glass, independent of how long I have waited. I have assumed (perhaps wrongly) that this might be related to oil staying up in the oil cooler, perhaps because of a sticky plunger valve or for some other unknown reason. Also, I believe that oil was used for cooling more than in prior engine models (a forerunner of the GSXR series) and oil passages were run through the exhaust side of the head. Maybe, oil staying up in the head could be a cause also. Whatever the reason, this engine model seems prone to incosistent oil levels in the sight glass. The strange thing is that I don't think I encountered this problem until the last couple of years.....and I've owned the bike over 22 years. :?

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