Oil filter + Oil Cooler What a Freaking mess
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I just take a single piece of new copier/printer paper and place it underneath the filter and butt it up tight against the machined part of the filter adapter. I do this after I've got the filter loose enough to remove by hand. Then I loosen the filter until the oil starts running out of it. If you hold the paper still and tight against the adapter it makes a nice trough that the oil will run down and drain into a pan placed below the LH footboard. No fuss, no muss, no money. Oh, and if I do dribble a little down around the motor mount, I use ether starting fluid to flush it out. Ether is nice because it won't harm any paint, rubber, plastic, etc. Yeah, it's flammable, so of course be careful to not have any source of ignition around. About the best cleaner around!
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You could always buy some spares just in case.
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http://www.dudeworld.com.au/HOWTO.ENGINE.HTML
This guy has good ideas about how to change your oil, not with an oil cooler, but look at this coke bottle trick.
Also I take my bike to the car wash and spray out the slop after the oil change.
This guy has good ideas about how to change your oil, not with an oil cooler, but look at this coke bottle trick.
Also I take my bike to the car wash and spray out the slop after the oil change.
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Thats a good idea
I think next time I'll try that coke bottle thing but I'm going to first drill a half inch hole in my filter to let it drain faster. Between the high flow and that plastic bottle things should go alot cleaner.....good idea.
#30
This thread doesn't help me with my decision to go with the HD oil cooler. Guess I will still look around some more. Just don't like the cooler like the Jag 10 sticking out on the side of the scoot. The oil filter placement is bad enough without adding more interference in this area.