strange Engine oil change ...
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I am confused on what you are calling breather. When I think of umbrella, I think of the valve under the rocker covers, in the heads. Just a piece of rubbery you stick in.
Aftermarket Cometic kits come with it. I don't have the ***** tto take it out, cause I don't fully understand. Anti drain back, so oil only goes one way, into heads.
Aftermarket Cometic kits come with it. I don't have the ***** tto take it out, cause I don't fully understand. Anti drain back, so oil only goes one way, into heads.
Road Master
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Both my 2007 road King and 2016 RGS take 3.5 quarts.Drain it when it's hot.Remove dipstick and I get it off the fiffy stand.Seems to work good for me so far.I remove filter after oil is drained.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, But what I'm seeing and hearing is, there tends to be some different oil capacities from Harley to Harley. I've been told by others that they like the Dyna filters if they can get one that fits. Larger filters have more area to filter oil as well as cool it. Which leads me to the Glides oil cooler ? Is that why there is a smaller filter ? Etc... Enjoying the responses, truly educating...
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Just did mine yesterday. Same way as OP - on jiffy stand. Only difference was the oil was hot. Three quarts and right at the middle marker - as always. Poured the pan back into the bottles - 2.5 quarts - as always. Some gets left in the pan and some in the filter.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, But what I'm seeing and hearing is, there tends to be some different oil capacities from Harley to Harley. I've been told by others that they like the Dyna filters if they can get one that fits. Larger filters have more area to filter oil as well as cool it. Which leads me to the Glides oil cooler ? Is that why there is a smaller filter ? Etc... Enjoying the responses, truly educating...
Only problem I ever had was with an after market filter, just a hair to long to clear the CPK with my oil cooler base. Would never thread, but appeared ok.
My 07 does ok at full. My 01 has always lost oil, especially when running hard on interstate, like out west 90mph. Though I think my 07 has started to lose a little after 40k. But I don't remember adding between changes, like I do with my 01. 07 has screw in oil cap, but I did retrofit the 2002 vent to my 01 spout.
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On the Street Glide, the level pretty much holds from the change. It might use a little, but not a measurable amount. Not bad considering the last change interval was 5k miles, which was stupid on my part. We racked up more miles than I thought recently.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, But what I'm seeing and hearing is, there tends to be some different oil capacities from Harley to Harley. I've been told by others that they like the Dyna filters if they can get one that fits. Larger filters have more area to filter oil as well as cool it. Which leads me to the Glides oil cooler ? Is that why there is a smaller filter ? Etc... Enjoying the responses, truly educating...
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I typically go 5k. 9k when I went to AK.
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Great question. The amount of oil will be the same. You haven't added to or taken any away. It may have expanded some because of the heat. I think the reasoning of warming the bike up prior to draining is to get most of the contaminants in suspension first. That way most of the crud comes out with the warm oil.
Road Captain
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From: Toronto, Ontario
If you want to get more oil out of it at oil change time, but don't want to use an oil scavenger, here is what I discovered.
If changing the oil on the jiffy stand, after you think all the oil has drained, put the bike upright, then back down on the jiffy stand. You will see another stream of oil come out. Repeat 5-6 times until no more oil stream comes out.
If changing the oil on the jiffy stand, after you think all the oil has drained, put the bike upright, then back down on the jiffy stand. You will see another stream of oil come out. Repeat 5-6 times until no more oil stream comes out.