rodimus prime
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- Jan 21, 2011
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I was supposed to cut grass, change the oil in the bolt and change the trans fluid. Then go for a nice ride.
Mower dies halfway through cutting grass. Whatever, Ill let it sit for a few while I work on the bike.
Okay. Trans fluid first. Open the cover and drain plug......out comes gear lube.
Whatever, dealer was probably full of idiots (came from a yamaha dealer). Drain and refill, not that big of a deal....time will tell.
Oil time. Crack drain bolt, strange no oil dripping down. Remove drain bolt.....no oil coming out. WTF? I check the level every few days.
I stick my finger in the drain hole and start to pull out tarish sludge oil. Id guess about 4 oz worth, followed by regular looking oil.
My bike has 5800 miles on it. I bought it with 46xx miles. This leads me to two ideas. Either they never changed the oil in this bikes life, or they tried to hide something by running that shit super thick oil, prehaps to cover up a leak or knock.
So I put the plug in and filled it, and in my anger I forgot to change the filter.
Oh yeah, dead battery too. My buddy left my bike on when he moved it. LOL.
Mower dies halfway through cutting grass. Whatever, Ill let it sit for a few while I work on the bike.
Okay. Trans fluid first. Open the cover and drain plug......out comes gear lube.
Whatever, dealer was probably full of idiots (came from a yamaha dealer). Drain and refill, not that big of a deal....time will tell.
Oil time. Crack drain bolt, strange no oil dripping down. Remove drain bolt.....no oil coming out. WTF? I check the level every few days.
I stick my finger in the drain hole and start to pull out tarish sludge oil. Id guess about 4 oz worth, followed by regular looking oil.
My bike has 5800 miles on it. I bought it with 46xx miles. This leads me to two ideas. Either they never changed the oil in this bikes life, or they tried to hide something by running that shit super thick oil, prehaps to cover up a leak or knock.
So I put the plug in and filled it, and in my anger I forgot to change the filter.
Oh yeah, dead battery too. My buddy left my bike on when he moved it. LOL.
