Digger wrote on 11/17/10 at 21:40:37:Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 11/01/10 at 05:43:17:
So it gets down to -- what is the answer to the question on the table.
Back to the question that is on the table -- which one is the Suzuki/Clymer goof this time? The 2.5 quart amount of oil or the inspection method?.....
The oil inspection method is correct, and here's why:
I owned a 1977 Yamaha XS750D. Adding the book amount of oil after an oil change caused the level to read too high on the dipstick.
I owned a 1981 Honda GL1100. Adding the book amount of oil after an oil change caused the level to read too high in the sight window.
I owned a 1981 Honda GL500. Adding the book amount of oil after an oil change caused the level to read too high on the dipstick.
I own a 2001 Honda ST1100. Adding the book amount of oil after an oil change caused the level to read too high in the sight window.
I own a 2005 Honda GL1800. Adding the book amount of oil after an oil change caused the level to read too high on the dipstick.
Pretty consistent.
Why on Earth would I believe that my Savage would be any different.....it isn't.
I find that 2.0 quarts after an oil and filter change in the Savage puts me halfway between the two marks.....even though the book calls for 2.5 quarts in this case.
Routy wrote on 11/18/10 at 05:44:47:Digger,
All you told us it that it don't matter if the level is above the windows...site glasses, whatever, on a lot of bikes, not just the savage.
And I'm tellin ya if it don't make any difference,...or cause any problems, as the poll has proven, MORE IS BETTER and if it makes for a safer method checking the oil as in the savage case, it is BETTER YET
Actually, with those other bikes, I ended up adding
less oil than the book called for, so as to keep the oil level between the low and high lines on the dipstick/sight window.
I know that on some bikes, it
does matter if the oil level is higher than the high mark on the dipstick/sight window (90's vintage BMW K bikes come to mind for some reason....perhaps someone else can expand on this).
As far as the significance of all of my old bikes having books that seemingly called for too much oil......I can't quite recall what I was thinking when I posted that.......