OneEyedSteve
XS400 New Member
Hello,
I'm new to this forum as I bought my 1982 Yamaha Maxim 400 about 3 months ago. When I bought it, it needed new oil and I wanted to get riding right away so I drained the oil and put new oil in, however I did not do the filter as I was anxious to get on the bike. Now it was time to do the oil again, so I got a new filter and replaced the filter as well. When I did the filter, there was no spring with the old one so I thought nothing of it. After further investigation, it seems like the spring could be an important component? That being said I might have also put the filter in upsidown as I couldn't find a clear explanation of the correct orientation to install. Long story short, I topped it up with 2.3 liters of oil and went for a quick spin (15 mins). When I got back home, I flipped my kickstand down and it was all oily, taking a look under the bike the chain and all of the rear components were covered in oil. Does anybody have any ideas as to what might have happened?
After further investigation I cleaned everything up, put some more oil in, ran the bike and got on the ground and watched. There is no oil coming from the oil filter cover area, just further towards the rear of the bike...
Please help!
Thanks,
I'm new to this forum as I bought my 1982 Yamaha Maxim 400 about 3 months ago. When I bought it, it needed new oil and I wanted to get riding right away so I drained the oil and put new oil in, however I did not do the filter as I was anxious to get on the bike. Now it was time to do the oil again, so I got a new filter and replaced the filter as well. When I did the filter, there was no spring with the old one so I thought nothing of it. After further investigation, it seems like the spring could be an important component? That being said I might have also put the filter in upsidown as I couldn't find a clear explanation of the correct orientation to install. Long story short, I topped it up with 2.3 liters of oil and went for a quick spin (15 mins). When I got back home, I flipped my kickstand down and it was all oily, taking a look under the bike the chain and all of the rear components were covered in oil. Does anybody have any ideas as to what might have happened?
After further investigation I cleaned everything up, put some more oil in, ran the bike and got on the ground and watched. There is no oil coming from the oil filter cover area, just further towards the rear of the bike...
Please help!
Thanks,