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Jun 27, 2014 | 05:21 AM

oxford joc

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Oil change

hi, I plan to do an oil and filter change on my 2011 fxdb, she's done 6500 miles and I've just received my K&N filter and 4ltr's of Motul 7100, 20/50 synthetic oil(THEY WANT AN ARM AND A LEG FOR HD ORIGINAL **** IN UK),have checked websites and appears these should be good for the job. Motul site states oil meets Harley spec ?
Any opinions?

Jun 27, 2014 | 05:24 AM

Notgrownup

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Yes it will be fine.

Jun 27, 2014 | 05:28 AM

4_stroke

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I would imagine if it s fully synthetic and meets HD specs it will be fine. In the UK I use Silkolene Vtwin fully synthetic.

Jun 27, 2014 | 05:33 AM

oxford joc

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Yeah, it's full synthetic, I did look at silkolene but something put me off, cant remember what though(no surprise there)
cheers guys, better make a start

Last edited by oxford joc; Jun 27, 2014 at 05:38 AM. Reason: forgot

Jun 27, 2014 | 05:40 AM

Iceman24

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Need new O-ring for oil drain plug too...otherwise, oil's good.

Jun 27, 2014 | 05:44 AM

oxford joc

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cheers for that one iceman
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Jun 27, 2014 | 05:51 AM

Iceman24

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No problem...normally you can reuse the rubber O-ring, but @ 6.5K miles yours is probably due a change. Another option is Teflon thread tape, if you can't find the right size ring.