Still learning my way around this forum plus I am trying to minimize my noobness.We have a thread for that! "What did you do to your Tenere today?"
Still learning my way around this forum plus I am trying to minimize my noobness.We have a thread for that! "What did you do to your Tenere today?"
On point, got it. Thx.
Sounds like a PITA... happy you pulled through.Oil change from HELL, I went to change oil yesterday on my 13, after the first change I installed PSR magnetic plugs. Unscrewed the front one, no problem. Put the socket on the rear plug and felt the socket slip WTF. Tried again only to have another one of the little flutes on the plug break off. So I think I can get a vice grips on it and get that dude out of there, guess again, it fell apart even more. Time to step back and think about this. Got out the dremel and cut a slot in what was left of the plug in order to get a screwdriver in it, no such luck. With only one option left I got out the air drill and went to town [ against my better judgement ] I used a quarter inch bit and started drilling. next thing I know there is oil coming out. Put in a bigger size bit and went to town again on the plug. This bit got stuck, put the drill in reverse and I saw the plug move a little. Well the good news is the plug came out, the not so good news, the magnet is in the sump. Screwed in the other plug and the magnet from it picked up the magnet that I had drilled through [ still all in one piece ] then I bent over a paperclip and raked around the sump for and filings. Still a little nervous about this whole endeavor I dropped the plate on the bottom of the sump {the one with the screen filter in it } no filings there. Found my original plugs and installed them. Three hour oil change!!!! I had done around ten oil changes with the PSR plugs in there and never had any trouble, I am at 34K so this wasn't my first rodeo. Can anyone recommend a magnetic plug other than PSR?
So this is what I was going to ask, the glas on mine is fully covered... I was worried that at Yamaha they put too much oil... hope it's not a poblem.. or should I drain some?The previous two posts are excellent. I will add that the Super Ten is a DRY SUMP motor. This means it has some oddities. The Yamaha folks love their oil level lights, not oil pressure lights. You're fine. The sight glass is best used to see if the goldfish are still alive, and not much else. Unless you have just the right temp, it will show something less than accurate. Drain out the oil, pour 3.6 quarts in, (3 liters works fine), and ride.
A little low, a little high, who cares, it's a DRY SUMP motor. That means that no matter what you do, there is about a quart of oil in the engine at any given time and no more or less. The rest is in the sump/oil bag/secondary containment area. Doesn't matter how much is there as long as the oil in the engine is good. Just cycles thru it more or less often depending on the amount present in the complete system.
I just did an oil change on mine, dumped in 3.40 L and my site glass is full!? I give up, it’s just the way it is. My only concern is, if the engine starts to burn oil, I cannot check the oil level to know how much is left in the motor. Harleys are dry sump as well, but are far easier to measure ACCURATELY.So this is what I was going to ask, the glas on mine is fully covered... I was worried that at Yamaha they put too much oil... hope it's not a poblem.. or should I drain some?
There has been a few who don't realize our bikes have two drain plugs. They end up overfull because they only drained one sump or they wrongly keep adding oil till it shows on the sight glass.So this is what I was going to ask, the glas on mine is fully covered... I was worried that at Yamaha they put too much oil... hope it's not a poblem.. or should I drain some?
No. If the level is a little high it won't hurt anything on a dry sump design. The engine itself has the same amount of oil in it, regardless of the total volume in the bike. The excess is being stored in the sump, not the engine.So this is what I was going to ask, the glas on mine is fully covered... I was worried that at Yamaha they put too much oil... hope it's not a problem.. or should I drain some?
Yay? I'm a little slow, so maybe I'm not getting your post. "Yes" to your technique, and amount of oil used. 3K miles, or rpm? Until the bike is ridden after an oil change, and the oil sloshed back-n-forth. . . . the sight glass is useless. "No" to the sluggish, and worsening mileage being oil associated. . . . "I" would blame it on bad gas. But, this is all based on bikes made in Japan*. I've never had one use oil between oil changes, but I've never ridden one for 12 hours straight either. The Beemer drank oil, and there was nothing wrong. . . . it just does. . . . and, it would never have been able to make that trip without being a couple quarts of oil low. I can't say anything about the Tiger; no experience with them. I'd be curious about the speed, and rpms during that trip though.I'm at over 100k no problem filling the bike up since 2k. . . .