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#1 PostAuthor: sp.milne » Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:55 pm

Hi all
Thought I give the old girl an oil change today, Drained old oil put new filter in
refilled with new oil. problem is it only took 2 liters of oil and is above site glass. check old oil and measures about the same amount! What did I do Wrong never happened to me before.
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#2 PostAuthor: chrisu » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:22 pm

you did take the sump plug out as well as the filter housing and its drain plug?

sorry if it appears an obvious question.

if the answer is yes I'd be tempted to drop the sump to investigate further - blockage maybe ?
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#3 PostAuthor: sp.milne » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:25 pm

God I must be getting old! always undo the main drain as well as the filter. :oops: :oops:
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#4 PostAuthor: Pigford » Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:06 pm

sp.milne wrote:God I must be getting old! always undo the main drain as well as the filter. :oops: :oops:




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#5 PostAuthor: kev edwards » Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:54 pm

sp.milne wrote:God I must be getting old! always undo the main drain as well as the filter. :oops: :oops:


DOH! you sure your name is not Homer :oops:
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#6 PostAuthor: kz900B1 » Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:56 pm

Oil level always drops after you have initially ran the engine as the filter sucks up some of it. I did my yearly oil and filter change in June . it appears Castrol GTX is no longer any good as its now Semi Synthetic and causes the clutch to slip at about 4k rpm :?? .So I changed it for Rock oil part synthetic ( No idea what the difference is ). But after doing 25 miles the clutch no longer slips :) well hopefully.
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#7 PostAuthor: KWACKERZ1 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:10 am

Interesting that as Mine slips at that point currently and I am running GTX,
I will double check if its semi synth.
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#8 PostAuthor: mikey » Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:33 pm

Using GTX in mine with no clutch slip at all
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#9 PostAuthor: sweptail » Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:28 am

GTX semi ---- Edersee and back; no clutch slip.
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#10 PostAuthor: Pigford » Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:40 am

MRE Lock-up clutch.... wouldn't even know it was fitted (apart from the modified clutch casing).... no slip with any type of oil :wink:
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