I changed my oil today as it was long over due, here is what i did:
1. I went for a little ride to get things nice and warm
2. Took out the drain plug, and the thing that holds the filter in there and in both cases enjoyed the hot oil running down my arm...
3. Once oil all drained out, put the drain plug back in and re assembled that other thing (making sure to put some oil on the filters grommets!)
4. Then I unscrewed the little cap off where you put the oil in, poured in 1.3 litres of oil in (in case the whole 1.6 wouldn't fit till some had a chance to get in the filter) then tried to start the bike up. It didnt work. So i put the other .3 litres of oil in and screwed the cap back on thinking that this would solve the problem as I didnt have the cap on the first time. Tried to start it up twice more, but no dice. I dont want to keep trying in case i made a mistake that could &#@$ something up.
I dont know what could be wrong. The only thing I can think of is that maybe i shouldn't have tried to start it with that cap off...but now that it is on what is the problem?
1. I went for a little ride to get things nice and warm
2. Took out the drain plug, and the thing that holds the filter in there and in both cases enjoyed the hot oil running down my arm...
3. Once oil all drained out, put the drain plug back in and re assembled that other thing (making sure to put some oil on the filters grommets!)
4. Then I unscrewed the little cap off where you put the oil in, poured in 1.3 litres of oil in (in case the whole 1.6 wouldn't fit till some had a chance to get in the filter) then tried to start the bike up. It didnt work. So i put the other .3 litres of oil in and screwed the cap back on thinking that this would solve the problem as I didnt have the cap on the first time. Tried to start it up twice more, but no dice. I dont want to keep trying in case i made a mistake that could &#@$ something up.
I dont know what could be wrong. The only thing I can think of is that maybe i shouldn't have tried to start it with that cap off...but now that it is on what is the problem?