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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> help with oil change for a nOOb /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1377376557 Message started by sarahkhas on 08/24/13 at 13:35:57 |
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Title: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by sarahkhas on 08/24/13 at 13:35:57 Hi all! First off BIG THANKS to EVERYONE on this forum- it helped a lot in my decision to buy my Savage! Here's my problem- I am trying to change the oil but the drain plug just keeps turning without coming out. At first a bit of dirt came off but now it just keeps turning and turning. Any ideas? My bike is a 2003 Suzuki Savage LS650, the wrench I am using is 14mm, turning counter clockwise. I've probably cranked it 70 or so times with no result, no change on the pressure. I admit I am learning as I go...determined to work on my bike myself. I've referenced the oil change guide Savage_Greg posted, thanks for creating that! Thanks in advance :) |
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Title: Re: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by sarahkhas on 08/24/13 at 13:37:04 I should add the bolt hasn't moved a bit outward- only round and round. |
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Title: Re: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by jcstokes on 08/24/13 at 14:27:24 Can you see the head of the drain plug bolt. A worst case scenario is that a previous owner has rounded the hex head of the drain plug. If you can't see the bolt head easily put a mirror under the bike. Are you using an open end or ring spanner? |
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Title: Re: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by babyhog on 08/24/13 at 14:39:36 Also make sure you have the correct bolt. First time I changed mine, I unscrewed something and no oil came out. Oops wrong bolt! |
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Title: Re: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by sarahkhas on 08/24/13 at 14:46:18 Here's what I see. I am using a socket wrench. I hope I have the correct bolt! :D |
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Title: Re: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by Toroso on 08/24/13 at 14:49:35 766477646D6E6D6476050 wrote:
No no no! It's inside of the frame tubes and goes directly into the engine case. |
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Title: Re: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by jcstokes on 08/24/13 at 15:03:16 Sarakhas, best go to the tech section and click on table of contents with links, scroll to location of oil drain plug. there's two good photos. |
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Title: Re: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by sarahkhas on 08/24/13 at 15:06:02 Aaag!! So happy I just showed the whole internet what a newbie I am. Is this it? Any idea what I was cranking on? THANKS SO MUCH! |
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Title: Re: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by sarahkhas on 08/24/13 at 15:11:07 Thank you jcstokes for the directions to the tech section, looks like i found the right bolt now. Thanks everyone for your help. Any idea what I was cranking on? A bit nervous about that now... |
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Title: Re: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by babyhog on 08/24/13 at 15:41:46 756774676E6D6E6775060 wrote:
You aren't the first and certainly won't be the last! At least you were smart enough to come here to ask! Good luck! |
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Title: Re: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by jcstokes on 08/24/13 at 15:43:10 Sarahkhas, you should be ok, but that drain plug has been slightly rounded use a ring spanner if possible. |
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Title: Re: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by sarahkhas on 08/24/13 at 15:51:30 Definitely will do on the ring spanner. THANKS EVERYONE SOOO MUCH! :D |
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Title: Re: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by deejaysham on 08/24/13 at 16:05:16 Just yesterday I tried to top up my oil for the first time. I overfilled it and wanted to drain some out and I couldn't find the bolt no matter how hard I looked. I ended up getting a siphon tube out and sticking it down the only hole I knew led to oil, which was the one I poured the oil IN. So don't feel bad about showing the internet you're new. Some of us were so new that we had to avoid the bolt altogether and circumvent it! |
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Title: Re: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by Toroso on 08/24/13 at 17:12:25 6E7C6F7C7576757C6E1D0 wrote:
Das it girl! :) I think you had an engine mount bolt before. After you loosened it, the other side just went round n round |
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Title: Re: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by Charon - FSO on 08/24/13 at 17:20:00 You will need to find the nut on the other end of the bolt you turned, and tighten it. Not only is it an engine mount bolt, but it helps hold the engine cases together. If you don't tighten it, you will probably have an oil leak. You might need a helper, because you will probably need a wrench on both the nut and the bolt. |
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Title: Re: help with oil change for a nOOb Post by sarahkhas on 08/24/13 at 18:51:31 oil change done, thanks all! Charon - FSO, THANKS A BUNCH!!! you were right, i did manage to tighten it back up on my own but I'll get some help to give it a final tighten. Whooo, happy I tightened that! Makes sense why it was spinnin and spinnin then ::) Thanks again everyone for the help and support, this website is AWESOME. Now on to clean the air filter.... :) |
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