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I have a 2008 nightster with 7500 miles, I have yet to change the oil this season but plan in doing it soon. I checked the level, and it's safe. Took a video to see if you guys could help
I have a 2008 nightster with 7500 miles, I have yet to change the oil this season but plan in doing it soon. I checked the level, and it's safe. Took a video to see if you guys could help
hard to tell with that short of a video, are all of them 7500 miles on the same oil? if so I would definitely change it and see if it helps. I use synthetic oil and change mine out at 3000 faithfully.
And djl I used the link you quoted and it worked for me
I copy/pasted the link into my browser and it worked; still didn't work for me by trying to open the link.
Can't tell much from that video. Top end doesn't sound noisy to me from what I heard but I did hear something else that sounded like maybe an exhaust leak but can't really tell from that video.
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