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Japanese Sense of Humour
Who said that the Japanese do not have a sense of humour? Changing the oil and filter for the first time on my XT600E I religiously followed the Owner's Handbook guidance. Once all had been replaced I reached the section on checking the oil pressure. This is where the sense of humour comes in. The handbook says "Remove the air bleed screw, and then start the engine. If oil does not seep out of the hole after a few minutes, immediately stop the engine ....."
As instructed I removed the air bleed screw and started the engine. Sod's law dictated that for some reason I was stood on the left hand side of the bike. I ambled around to the right side to await the oil seepage only to find a fountain of oil spurting out of the hole and running down the engine to form a large pool on the ground! Am I the first to follow the instructions and suffer the same fate?
Needless to say, the next time I will start the engine and gradually slacken the bolt until oil seeps out.
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no you are not the only one i did it and filled my socket set box
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BTDTGTTS!

Best way - leave it in the hole but slightly slack, say 1-2 turns out, and then tighten when the oil starts to seep out. The oil should come through in a matter of a few seconds. And wrap a rag round the top of the filter housing! If the oil comes out in a rush and the bike is on its sidestand, a huge pool of oil will form on the top of the crankcase between the webs, which is almost impossible to wipe off and stinks like buggery when it heats up.

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Reassuring to know that I am not the only one.

Black Dog - your advice echoes what I had planned to do in the future. By the way, I give up on BTDTGTTS!

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The correct way to check pressure is to thread in a (brake) bleeder nipple on which clear silicon tube is attached. The oil should be able to flow up well past head hight and back down to the resevoir.
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Hi Bruken - judging from how high my oil spout went straight from the bolt hole, it would have gone substantially higher if pushed through a narrow nipple/tube. I am content that my oil pressure is OK at the moment.

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Bruken.. I personally never thought of it like that...tho that's exactly how the oil circuit actually works!

btw, do you know the tread type/size?
That is maybe the 2nd best way of knowing if it is working well...

the first one should be, knowing the exact oil pressure that it should be...
Yamaha should've thought of that.. mentioning on the Owner manual or whatever what the pressure should be instead of us needing to "guesstimate"...


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By the way, I give up on BTDTGTTS!
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Ah - thanks Richard. If I'd had a t-shirt I'd have used it to mop up the oil.

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I used an old one of my wife's that she had cut up and put in a box full of dusters. So it's really BTDTGTWTS
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Same thing happened to me last night, last time I read the manual!!
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what happens if you don't test, by opening the screw?
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