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yeah, I actually ran it for a bit to try and make sure that the oil got all circulated. I haven't had a chance to yet, but I'm going to drain the oil and measure out how much gets out, and check to see if it smells like fuel when I get back home. Right now I'm in a different city and it's...

I've been inserting it just until the threads touched, as it states to do in the manual. I had hoped that I was just making some simple mistake like that, but it looks like maybe I got a bigger puzzle to solve. Hmm. Thanks again!

so far as I know I don't have a sight glass on it, I am going off of a dip stick. I actually only added back 2 quarts, which is what makes it seem even crazier that it is already so full. When I drained the old oil, it was a very small amount that came out. Like around a 1/2 quart. So it...

Hey there, I'm really new to motorcycles (and really, anything to do with an engine) and I recently got a 1980 xs400 special. This past week I went ahead and changed the oil and filter. The manual suggests 2.4 quarts of oil if you are changing the screen, so I went ahead and added 2 quarts and...