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New oil filter design for all Aprilia V60s
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:53 pm
by D-Rider
Apparently Aprilia have changed the oil filter design.
We all need to be aware of this design change and incompatibility between filters and filter covers.
I believe this is the Official Aprilia Bulletin:
"For RSV/TUONO/SL/RST/ETV 1000: As a result of an improvement works of the motor has been modified the filter oil. The new filter is longer. The cover and the lives have been modified consequently. The old filter cod. code AP0256187 and the old cover code AP0210415 are nomore available. At the next substitution of the oil filter, becomes necessary to replace the filter cover and cover's bolts with the new ones."
Here the product codes:
OIL FILTER
AP0256187 (old)
AP0956745 (new)
OIL FILTER COVER
AP0210415 (old)
AP0610233 (new)
BOLTS
AP0241932 (old)
AP0840880 (new)
This is the comment on this from the technical guys at AF1:
Its going to be a big mess....this bulletin (NOT A RECALL) came to us about 2 weeks ago.....and the mess was discussed at the Vegas meeting. People who use the old filter with a new cover are going to have problems.
We're going to keep using the old ones and the aftermarket ones until they are all gone. Nobody has ever had any oil filter issues.....bikes are going plenty of miles with this setup over the last 8 years.
Until we emailed Aprilia USA, they had never heard of the new part numbers. We got them to add it to the USA system, but none are in stock for probably 4-8 weeks. Also, the new filters cost double and the new filter cover costs like $30.
More discussion on this over on the AF1 forum:
AF1 Discussion
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:58 pm
by Samray
A shortage of the old ones when people start stockpiling then I guess?
There must still be some about.
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:01 pm
by D-Rider
Samray wrote:A shortage of the old ones when people start stockpiling then I guess?
There must still be some about.
Damn - should have ordered mine before posting up !
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:03 pm
by Samray
You'll still get em on fleabay ... for an arm and a leg.
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:21 pm
by Pierre
I always keep 2 spares but i might bump that up to 4
Change 'em more than i change me socks.
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:51 pm
by Kwackerz
So will the new longer filter extend the service life, increase the distance between oil changes?
Naah. That'd be too good to be true for owners..
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:08 pm
by Gio
Not a problem here, I'm selling the bike
D-R it seems like an Aprilia comment in your post (bad english, and stupid with it) I wonder if its just for the yanks tho.
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:17 pm
by D-Rider
Gio wrote:Not a problem here, I'm selling the bike
D-R it seems like an Aprilia comment in your post (bad english, and stupid with it) I wonder if its just for the yanks tho.
Can't see why they'd just change the oil filter for the USA .......................
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..................... but then I can't explain why Aprilia fitted a different sidestand for the USA market ..................................................................
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:35 pm
by Gio
D-Rider wrote:but then I can't explain why Aprilia fitted a different sidestand for the USA market ..................................................................
Something to do with the fat bastards on the bike?
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:40 pm
by D-Rider
Gio wrote:D-Rider wrote:but then I can't explain why Aprilia fitted a different sidestand for the USA market ..................................................................
Something to do with the fat bastards on the bike?
So why didn't mine come with one ?!
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:45 pm
by Gio
D-Rider wrote:Gio wrote:D-Rider wrote:but then I can't explain why Aprilia fitted a different sidestand for the USA market ..................................................................
Something to do with the fat bastards on the bike?
So why didn't mine come with one ?!
UK fat isn't yank fat
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:20 pm
by D-Rider
Gio wrote:
UK fat isn't yank fat
Who am I to argue such a point with a man in catering!