Changing Oil Cold
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If youre changing it tomorrow, start it! let it get warmed up then change it.
if its 30 and roads are dry, ride up the street and back.
Warm oil, is preferred because its, runny and it been cycled through the system, this will gather up any contamination and moisture, heating it up burns the water off if any has collected in the base, (sump) you get that back in circulation.
its in every manual for reason.
if its 30 and roads are dry, ride up the street and back.
Warm oil, is preferred because its, runny and it been cycled through the system, this will gather up any contamination and moisture, heating it up burns the water off if any has collected in the base, (sump) you get that back in circulation.
its in every manual for reason.
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If I went out to the garage right now and opened the drain on my Softail hardly anything would come out. After sitting for weeks in this Winter From Hell all the oil would be sumpted at the bottom of the motor. I always change fluids at operating temp. And I can't believe this is "another oil question".
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And..... my post was somewhat tongue in cheek.
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If I went out to the garage right now and opened the drain on my Softail hardly anything would come out. After sitting for weeks in this Winter From Hell all the oil would be sumpted at the bottom of the motor. I always change fluids at operating temp. And I can't believe this is "another oil question".
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Was it smokin' hot when you last rolled it into the garage, like mine was?
I would have no problem doing what the OP said, especially letting it drain for a while. If it was hot when you rolled in, everything that was going to drip down...did. That last little bit of clingy **** in the pan will drip out in that extended period you mentioned after pulling the plug.
Go for it OP!
I would have no problem doing what the OP said, especially letting it drain for a while. If it was hot when you rolled in, everything that was going to drip down...did. That last little bit of clingy **** in the pan will drip out in that extended period you mentioned after pulling the plug.
Go for it OP!