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FretGrinder
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PostPosted: 18:36 - 02 Mar 2015    Post subject: Put too much oil in your bike? Reply with quote
After accidentally topping up the oil on the XJ6 today Embarassed, I needed to drain some out.

After a little bit of research on teh t'intart00bz I rummaged through the bathroom and acquired one of these:

https://imgur.com/Sal7uaq.jpg

Then Recluso quickly grabbed it out of my hands, ninja style, popped out the dipstick on the bike and was busy extracting the extra oil:

https://imgur.com/1TXP1v3.jpg

After a few pumps later, the oil was back down to a decent level.

So there we have it, a nice quick and easy way to remove any excess oil from your bike Thumbs Up
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Az
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PostPosted: 18:42 - 02 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Simples & effective idea!
Wish I knew about this last week when I overfilled the oil & I was undoing my sump plug and doing it back up again every 20 seconds to check the oil level. Much oily hands and mess was made Embarassed
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lorus
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PostPosted: 18:46 - 02 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's a bloody top idea, 10/10 for that.
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bikertomm
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PostPosted: 19:17 - 02 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good idea +1. Thumbs Up
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Hefty
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PostPosted: 19:59 - 02 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice hack! Top man Karma
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weasley
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PostPosted: 20:01 - 02 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is a good idea if you cleaned and dried it! Thumbs Up
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Fizzer Thou
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PostPosted: 20:11 - 02 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Those hand clean pumps are very useful tools.I adapted one for use as a way to correctly measure the air gap in fork legs when changing suspension oil

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andys675
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PostPosted: 23:41 - 02 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
you can also lower a piece of hose through the filler hole, then bend the end over, remove it and the oil stays in the tube as the air can't get in the top to replace it, can take a while depending on the overfill
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Flatbadger
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PostPosted: 06:08 - 03 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
I put Swarfega in one of those empty soap pumpy bottles - not quite so imaginative but very useful.
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fatjames
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PostPosted: 08:34 - 03 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Flatbadger wrote:
I put Swarfega in one of those empty soap pumpy bottles - not quite so imaginative but very useful.


They nicked your idea..

[img]https://www.machinemart.co.uk/images/library/product/huge/05/059910400.jpg[/img]

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Rogerborg
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PostPosted: 08:44 - 03 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
fatjames wrote:
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/images/library/product/huge/05/059910400.jpg

Do it right.

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recman
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PostPosted: 10:38 - 03 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice idea but wouldn't work on mine. Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: 22:29 - 03 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
I use pipe on end of large syringe.....but had to buy syringe.

Pump nozzles are free. Loving your work! Smile
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PostPosted: 07:58 - 05 Mar 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Top tip Thumbs Up
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