Got my 1,000 mile service done Tuesday, dealer. Had to park the bike for two days.

Pulled it out of the garage today and there was a silver-dollar size pool of oil under the engine.

I felt around and there was quite a bit of oil around the cooler and on the engine.

You all typically see oil after a change?

If not, the irony of taking it to the dealer to &%^& it up is rich.

 

The tech probly spilled oil when removing the filter and did not clean under it.

 

Mine did it too. I cleaned it up and also re-tightened the oil filter as it was on too loose. Since then I have done my own oil changes and have no leaks. The only reason I did the 1000 with the dealer was that it was part of the deal that came with the bike.

 

Yep, tech did not clean up well enough.

Admittedly, I planned on doing the servicing of my bike from the beginning. I was looking forward to tinkering with the bike.

I, too, found removing the oil filter messy. A common comment on the forums. I even made up a custom cradle to slip under the filter. It did help. But that part of the project does get oil in locations difficult to reach for clean-up.

I also had a small spot of oil on the floor a few hours after the change. But with more care I hope to avoid that in the future.

 

i guess you didn't get the 90 dollar bike wash.

 

It's very hard to not leave some oil somewhere when servicing these bikes. Typical.

 

Yep, I had the same thing.

 

Oil change and simple green. Works really good. No spots on the floor.

 

I've tried several different ways to catch the oil and keep it from running all over the place when changing the filter. A sheet of tin foil, the soda bottle cut in half, punching holes in the filter to let it drain before removing it, etc. None of them work completely.

Now what I do, and it works better than anything else I've tried, is take 5 or 6 sheets of paper towels and shove them under the filter. Then remove the filter. 5 or 6 sheets is enough to soak up everything that leaks out without any oil running down on the bike.

You just have to be sure to shove the paper towels in deep enough to get beyond the end of the filter/filter housing interface. I usually use a paint stir stick or the like. Gets the towels in there with no risk of scratches that you might get if you used a screwdriver or other metallic tool.

 

Harleys mark the spot ! I've got an old 1970's T-shirt that says that !