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Worked for me
After reading posts about draining the oil and leaving a 1/2 to a quart of oil in bike, I thought about ordering one of the kits advertised in J&P cycles that screws on to the filter base. They were on backorder and seems to have been for a while. It was time to change my oil for the 1st time since I bought my bike a couple of months ago and I was concerned about leaving dirty oil in my bike. What I did was go to the local grocery store and buy a turkey basteing bag. It showed it was good up to 320 degrees. Took the bike out and rode for about 10 miles and took the filter off and drained the oil. Filled oil tank and then put bag around oil filter base and tightened up end by twisting bag at base. Started bike and let run for about 4 seconds. Had a good quart of dirty oil in bag. Took bag off ,put new filter on , put new quart in tank, checked for leaks. All is good. Hope this helps someone . 2004 Road King Classic
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You might consider that the Twin Cam filters oil before it cycles though the engine. With a "puck" device that extra dirty oil still cycles though the engine, being pushed by the new clean oil, and then gets evacuated. With your "bag on the filter mount" method you create a complete oil starvation condition through the entire motor. Will it hurt anything in 4 second? I don't know, but that a quart of oil that didn't go though the motor, and a quarts worth of "dry" runtime.
Last edited by fabrik8r; Apr 24, 2012 at 11:27 AM.