oil level changes

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rick · #16 Post by **rick** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:24 pm

D-Rider wrote:If you don't yet have the User Manual and the Workshop Manual, you can download them from Martin Poll's website:
http://www.martinpoll.dk/div_april.htm

Now that is a bloody useful link!

Currently downloading it all now :)

D-Rider · #17 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:17 pm

Martin is a forum member here BTW

joecrx · #18 Post by **joecrx** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:12 am

how much extra oil would you need if you upgrade to the longer filter would it take the full 4 ltr ?

Aladinsaneuk · #19 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:32 pm

i would hazard a guess at filling it with the normal amount and then seeing the levels.....

I do not recall aprilia stating that the actual volume of oil needed would increase after the change.....

rick · #20 Post by **rick** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:12 am

I was about to ask the same question as Joe!

I will be doing an oil and filter change tonight, and upgrading the oil filter case to the new one.

I bought some 15W 50 s/s last night and its quite a bit more expensive than the 10W 40 s/s I've used in all my jap IL4's in the past. I could have shopped around and possibly got it a bit cheaper, but I wanted to do it tonight.

Brand? Plutoline (somehting like that!).
Cost? £38

Hands up if you think I was robbed?! hehe

mrapriliafalco · #21 Post by **mrapriliafalco** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:28 pm

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-917-motul- ... ster.aspx

Thats what I use

Aladinsaneuk · #22 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:59 pm

could have got cheaper, but not by much

i think i explain it to myself as i own a thoroughbred V Twin.....

it is worth doing it properly

oh, I change my oil twice a year, irrespective of miles.....

(I will admit i do use my old oil to top up the wife's broomstick though....)

fastasfcuk · #23 Post by **fastasfcuk** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:45 pm

i,ve used putaline since owning the bike that price is about right.