'89 harley sportster oil change
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'89 harley sportster oil change
I recently bought an '89 883 Sportster. My question is where the heck is does one drain the oil from. There's no drain plug, and there's no hose I can conveniently remove. The only option I can see is to remove the hose from the bottom of the oil pan, in which case oil goes everwhere, or just yank the the entire oil pan out so I can dump it out into an oil pan, not a very viable option either.
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RE: '89 harley sportster oil change
I have a '88 and supposedly the Oil Drain Hose runs from the oil tank to a dead end on the battery tray. Stuck with a hose clamp. I can see it looking at the bike, Haven't done my first oil change in my onwership of the bike yet though.
http://www.linson.us/harleydavidson/sportsters/bertshowto/berts_how_tos_oilchange.htm
here is the procedure with pictures and everything. I will be doing mine soon as well.
hope this helps.
EDIT: i posted and clicked the link and its not working, try copy and pasting it if its not working for you.
http://www.linson.us/harleydavidson/sportsters/bertshowto/berts_how_tos_oilchange.htm
here is the procedure with pictures and everything. I will be doing mine soon as well.
hope this helps.
EDIT: i posted and clicked the link and its not working, try copy and pasting it if its not working for you.
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It's easy, there's a hose end under the battery tray. Don't forget to put some oil inside the new filter, and a light film on the filter seal. Don't overtighten filter, it's not necessary and will make it much easier to remove next time. Use a strap wrench if the filter is stuck tight. A little more than 2.5 quarts of oil and you're good! I use a WIX 51215 filter, easy to get off Ebay.
John
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