Large object in oil tank $HIT!!!!
#21
05-11-2012, 04:20 PM
Thanks for all the great ideas and thoughts put into this guys! MacGyver is in da house! lol I took an approach similiar to what some others suggested.
1. it doesn't float.
2. It's not magnetic.
3. It's coverd in oil and sticky.
Not much you can do about the first 2 but the 3rd problem was somewhat solved by filling the oil tank with gas and sloshing it around some then draining. WA-LA there it sits all nice and shiny! the small hose on a shop Vac did the rest. I'll change the oil out early this time just to play it safe but lesson learned. GET RID OF THAT NASTY A$$ED FOIL BEFORE YOU POUR YOUR OIL!!!
1. it doesn't float.
2. It's not magnetic.
3. It's coverd in oil and sticky.
Not much you can do about the first 2 but the 3rd problem was somewhat solved by filling the oil tank with gas and sloshing it around some then draining. WA-LA there it sits all nice and shiny! the small hose on a shop Vac did the rest. I'll change the oil out early this time just to play it safe but lesson learned. GET RID OF THAT NASTY A$$ED FOIL BEFORE YOU POUR YOUR OIL!!!
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05-11-2012, 11:50 PM
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Same thing happened to me last year,I never do oil changes myself but that day I checked my Ultra's oil level as since a little was needed decided to top up but as I was pouring the oil in the hole I saw that little foil seal falling in it.To make a long story short, the dealer had to send his truck to get the bike,remove the oil pan, retrieve the little bastard and in the end I was a few hundreds of $$ poorer.Lesson learned,now I just ride the bike,wash the bike,polish the bike!
#26
05-12-2012, 07:23 AM
Hope you succeed without having to pay.
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05-12-2012, 12:23 PM
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#28
05-12-2012, 12:29 PM
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Thanks for all the great ideas and thoughts put into this guys! MacGyver is in da house! lol I took an approach similiar to what some others suggested.
1. it doesn't float.
2. It's not magnetic.
3. It's coverd in oil and sticky.
Not much you can do about the first 2 but the 3rd problem was somewhat solved by filling the oil tank with gas and sloshing it around some then draining. WA-LA there it sits all nice and shiny! the small hose on a shop Vac did the rest. I'll change the oil out early this time just to play it safe but lesson learned. GET RID OF THAT NASTY A$$ED FOIL BEFORE YOU POUR YOUR OIL!!!
1. it doesn't float.
2. It's not magnetic.
3. It's coverd in oil and sticky.
Not much you can do about the first 2 but the 3rd problem was somewhat solved by filling the oil tank with gas and sloshing it around some then draining. WA-LA there it sits all nice and shiny! the small hose on a shop Vac did the rest. I'll change the oil out early this time just to play it safe but lesson learned. GET RID OF THAT NASTY A$$ED FOIL BEFORE YOU POUR YOUR OIL!!!
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05-12-2012, 10:03 PM
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Go on Ebay or on the net and order Mcgill Forceps. We use them at times in the operating room to grab something down someones throat. Or, guide an endotracheal tube down into your trachea during a nasal intubation. Scissor-like handle and LONG skinny forcep ends so you can reach far down into something with long reach into something narrow. They'd probably work perfectly...I added a pic in next reply
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