Oil Pump Gears and Half Moons

[Nessism]

Also, you shouldn't fill the crankcase past halfway up the window with the bike standing perfectly upright, NOT being on the centerstand. Ray.

And why would this be Ray? Suzuki calls for filling the oil with the bike on the center stand, and filling to the F mark.

[TheCafeKid]

7 quarts? Even if the motor was totally apart and bone dry it still doesn't take that much oil. 4 quarts maybe 4 1/2 should be more than enough.

Go look at your manual bud. There are Three different volumes of oil listed in it. One with oil change, one with filter and oil change and one with rebuild. My 1100 holds over 4 quarts of oil with just a change. 3800ml. 4 quarts is 3.7something. Pretty simple math really.... If you do a full rebuild of the motor you're removing all of the oil in it. When you do an oil change, you get out maybe 4 quarts. Oil stays in all the little passages of the motor. Unless you break it down your not going to get it all out. It may not have been 7 quarts, but I remember thinking that it was a hell of alot of oil for that tiny motor after rebuilding it....

[blowerbike]

Dr. Dar is a bad man.
i have to agree with him josh.
also,
sometimes the right things are not in print or manuals.
check your oil holding the bike upright/unladen with the oil level in the middle give or take.

[TheCafeKid]

Dr. Dar is a bad man.
i have to agree with him josh.
also,
sometimes the right things are not in print or manuals.
check your oil holding the bike upright/unladen with the oil level in the middle give or take.

Oh I wasnt arguing about that.. Im simply saying it takes much more than 4 quarts to fill a rebuilt motor with oil...

[blowerbike]

hell i only ran 2 quarts in aspirated drag bikes.
3 QT in the turbo drag bike.
seems like 3 1/2 to 3 3/4 QT. on a street turd 1100.
maybe near a quart more for a total rebuild...
foggy foggy foggy
i dunt recall

[Guest]

Oh I wasnt arguing about that.. Im simply saying it takes much more than 4 quarts to fill a rebuilt motor with oil...

It does...it takes 4.2 US quarts after a rebuild. 3.8 quarts with oil & filter change, and 3.4 quart for just oil change. I had the Suzuki manual open to this page, since I'm doing an oil & filter change tomorrow....needed to figure out how much would be left of the 4.4 litre jug I picked up, as I need the empty jug to put the used stuff in....found an empty quart bottle, to put the remaining new oil in.
Tony.

[Guest]

Oil? You don't need no stinkin oil.