No, all the oil should not drain out. The oil filter will drain it's load and some
extra will come out from the oil lines, but the
crankcase oil doesn't drain out. I simply remove the oil filter, wait for the oil to
quit running back from the oil lines. While
I wait I prefill the new filter with new oil. Wipe the mating surface on the engine
clean with a clean rag, oil the o-ring on the
new filter and spin on hand snug. I check the site glass to see that the oil is up to
the top of the site glass (on the GTS, other
bikes are different.) I then start the bike while watching the site glass. I am
looking for the oil level to drop enough to give
me a slight "bubble" similar to the site glass in a brake fluid reservoir. I have
found that this oil height will keep me from
seeing the oil light come on when sustaining higher RPMS. (not that I ride that way,
but occasionally the bike will see 10K.)
Louis
Phil Benson wrote:
> Louis,
>
> Whenever I remove the filter on any vehicle I've ever owned, the oil all
> drains out.....how do you change the filter more often than the oil???
>
> Does this involve use of buckets? Do you add the old oil that comes out
> back into the bike instead of new oil??? :)
>
> Phil
>
> On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Louis Tweed wrote:
>
> > maintenance? :) The lowest service integral I use is 3000 miles, I change my oil
>filter. At 6000 miles I change the oil and
> > filter. I am not a high mileage rider like some on the list, but I try to put
>some miles on my bikes.
