I know "search" is my friend but have you seen how many posts come back when you type the word "oil" into that search box?

I'm getting ready to do my 1000 mile service and I have a question about draining the engine oil....................NOT what type. lol

My old 08 Street Glide didn't have an oil cooler so it was a simple remove the drain plug, empty the crankcase, replace drain plug and filter and fill to correct level. I know it's not really possible to "completely" drain the crankcase but with the added oil cooler on the 2014 I suspect there will be quite a bit hiding in there.

Okay, here's the question; Any suggestions on how to get the oil out of the oil cooler when I do my oil change?

Thanks for any advice.

 

First, sorry not to answer your question, but the manual (p 142-143) does not say to drain the oil cooler when changing oil. When I have purchased used bikes in the past and have wanted to make sure I got out as much previous sludge/oil as possible, I've changed the oil with a cheap brand, run the engine for a while, drained it, then put in good oil.

 

The cooler and lines do not hold enough oil to be a concern...This comes up occasionally in threads....If I recall one of the engineers on here did the calculations (Line I.D x Line lenght + cooler size √ volume of 20w50 ◄ etc) and the result was like 29mL (1 Tablespoon)