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I don't believe I ever said take out any oil. I tried exactly what the manual says, the 1.9, and it doesn't appear on the stick. So I added a little more, and a little more, until I got to the full mark. Each time I added a little more, I would start the bike up to cycle the oil a little bit, and then let it settle out, and check it. I get mine to the full mark, which has always been just about 2.5 qts (a rough guestimate looking on the side of the qt bottle). I run it to the high mark, that way I know exactly where it is b4 every ride when I go to check it, to see if it uses any.crwh45,
With all due respect!
Honda Service Manual for 2008 TRX700XX reads as follows:
"Engine oil capacity- After draining- (1.7 liters- 1.8 US qts.)
After draining/filter change- (1.8 liters- 1.9 US qts.)
After disassembly- (2.4 liters- 2.5 US qts.)"
I only copy this information from the manual to support my position on the ongoing confusion of "How much oil"?
I agree with everything you say with the exception that with this machine, after adding more oil than taking some of it out, then adding a little more, I just had to settle on what the Honda Dealer told me to do. Two quarts ends up, after running for a while, slightly below the full mark.
Sid
The only bad thing about that is that they tell you NOT to snap the throttle before checking the oil. I am not sure if riding it normally will do this but I would just let it run for a couple of minutes shut it off and than wait 2 or 3 minutes before checking the oil level again. I have done this and everything looks good.I changed the oil again last night, put in 2.3qts, and rode it for about 20 minutes. Afterwards, the level was right in the middle of the stick. Pretty much dead center. So what I did was added .05qts more, and rode another 10 minutes with that. It is just under the full mark. I used an actual measuring cup for the .35qts. Also, when I change it, I wipe everything off, the pump and everything, and let it drain for a good 20 minutes, b/c I find something else I can do while getting all the old oil out. This was the first time I actually measured it w/ a cup, every other time it was a guestimation w/ the side of a qt bottle.
So is half way up the dip stick mean it's full?2 quarts....not hardly. It will take about 2.5 quarts, and the book says 2.3. This is experience, I am not the only one. If you look in the HOW TO threads, you will see everyone is putting about 2.5. If you initially put in the 2 quarts after you drain all the old oil and put in the new filter, start it up for a minute or two (after you put the dipstick back in) to all the oil to cycle in thru the engine and the lines, which will obviously cause the oil level to drop in the tank, then you can add the rest. Start with 2.3, and just work up a little bit, to see exactly how much it takes.
Crash, I don't know if you have tried that or not yet, but I think it is a good possibility that you can get some oil to come out of it that way, as it is circulating thru with them pump and everything, as I know I wasn't being careful one day and filled the tank too full prior to allowing the rest of the oil to get into the engine, so I started it up to cycle it in and it started splashing up on the exhaust and everything, but then again that may be b/c I had the tank too full (which after it cycle in, I added the other .2 qts, to bring it out to just under 2.5, and it was a lil over halfway up the marks on the dipstick.