Changing the oil / oil filter

flamy5 · Post by **flamy5** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:31 pm

Can anyone give me a brief guide on how to change a zxr's oil and replace the oil filter?

Firstly I need to locate the drain plug and then to completley replace the oil filter, i'd appreciate any help with this or even a basic list of things I have to do and where to locate them.

richard_ha · Post by **richard_ha** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:59 pm

Oil drain plug is the lowest one on the engine I believe, I think its a 17mm bolt. Take off the RH fairing and drain the oil out from the plug then unscreen the oil filter (you can reach in between the engine and exhuast) screw in new oil filter, refit the drain plug (else you have a new slimey carpet that cost you about Â£20) then put new oil in. Very simple job. It's all in the manual.

Post by **greengoblin** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:10 am

Couldn't have put it better myself ...

One thing though, who here replaces the sump washer when they replace the oil.

flamy5 · Post by **flamy5** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:36 am

Excellent, thanks for the help richard.

thats a job for this wkend i think

olionel · Post by **olionel** » Wed May 23, 2007 8:23 pm

does the drain plug have a little washer/seal that needs replacing everytime? or doesnt it matter ?

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:10 pm

you are recommended to change the sealing washer but as said above, who does it?

Gemini · Post by **Gemini** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:17 pm

i did

olionel · Post by **olionel** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:22 pm

well if you do is it a special thing, like a sump washer? Ive never seen it as Ive only had the bike for a month. Wont any washer with a bit of rubber do? Im guessing the part from the dealer will be about Â£4 or something... a gasket for the generator cover is Â£11+vat... grrr

olionel · Post by **olionel** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:24 pm

ow 1 more thing? how tight does the filter need to be? (because they usually say a bit more than hand tight for cars...) is it same for the bike? or do I just screw it as far as it would go?

Post by **Northern ANdy** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:40 pm

hand tight is fine, anything over is excessive. don't forget the smear of oil on the sealing lip, this still applies on bikes.

Post by **diesel** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:37 pm

i have mine to do. i have all i need. do u want a workshop section for it baz? i know for some of us its simple stuff but?????????

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:41 pm

workshop section is for anything mate, gotta be better than the manual aint it??

if anyone needs washers let me know the size we have loads at work.

Post by **diesel** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:33 pm

canu do me one pls baz. i never changed mine

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:26 pm

yeah if someone whips theirs off and lets me know the size i'll see what we've got.

Post by **diesel** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:30 pm

when i change mine ill let ya know