A little help?
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From: texas
A little help?
May sound retarded but..I tried changing the oil on my 04' sportster and took the clamp off the frame, loosened the clasp & unpluged the hose..little oil drained then stopped..oil was warm, cap off..do I need to take off the primary cover or something?..did some digging but didn't come up w/ anything..any help would be appreciated
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No, you don't take the primary cover off.
A motor oil change on a Sporty only drains the oil tank. The drain hose with the clamp and plug is how you drain it. It sounds to me like the oil level in your tank was already low.
A motor oil change on a Sporty only drains the oil tank. The drain hose with the clamp and plug is how you drain it. It sounds to me like the oil level in your tank was already low.
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From: texas
Thanks for the quick response y'all..before I did anything, I did run the bike for a while before & took the cap off as well while draining..but my tank was still full..nothing even close to a quart came out..I was just wondering if I missed a step
All good sound advise. Also make sure you get it warmed up enough to check the level is back to normal. The manual says 3 quarts but start out with 1-1/2 to 2 and check it. My 1st change I used all 3 qts and it was way too much I had blow back through the carb & on to my chrome oil tank all the time. Good luck. Folks here are very helpful. 8)
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Yes, the tank is still full??..could there be some kind of obstruction in the hose line?
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Yep, blow thru it and see if it bubbles in the tank (then quickly pull your mouth away like a young gal giving her first *******)
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That would be my guess. I read once where a guy didnt take the foil completely off the bottle when refilling the oil tank. The foil ended coming off the bottle and into the oil tank. Someone could have done that to yours in the past.