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#208672 Marshall (User) cuzz there's no such thing as a "factory custom" Junior Boarder Posts: 170 ? about filter change 2 Years, 10 Months ago   Hello all, I've been gone for a good week riding around Michagan's UP. Absolutly beautiful trip. We were caught out in the rain a bit while up there and on the trip home saw a good 300 miles of rain. Now I'm about to grease and lube everything up real good to get rid of all those little squeaks and rattles after a long ride in the rain. I noticed upon returning that I'm 1000 miles over my regular oil change, but since I've switched to Mobile 1 synthetic, I was considering just putting a new oil filter on a keep riding till the next scheduled change. I was wondering how much oil I'm going to lose when I unscrew the filter without draining the crankcase. I've got one spare qt of oil on my shelf to top it off again afterwards. Will that be enough to do it?   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #208678 Blackroadie (User) Sometimes I wish you were a pinata ! Platinum Boarder Posts: 4380 Re:? about filter change 2 Years, 10 Months ago   I've wondered the same thing, I cant see you losing more than 1/4 of a quart myself. At the most, whatever the filter would hold. B.T.W. I was in the U.P. last week myself... in the semi. I definatly wanna go back on the bike! Did you have a "Pasty"?   Logged     Last Edit: 2009/07/03 11:33 By Blackroadie.   04 MIDNITE SILVERADO   The administrator has disabled public write access. #208689 Marshall (User) cuzz there's no such thing as a "factory custom" Junior Boarder Posts: 170 Re:? about filter change 2 Years, 10 Months ago   No I didn't. I wish I would have. I guess now I've got another reason to go back. We rode up the west coast, camped in the Manistee National Forrest. Rode down 119 the "Tunnel of Trees", across the bridge, down 2 skirting the caost. Up to Pictured Rocks State Park, over to Taquemenon State Park and Paradise. Then up to Whitefish Point, over to the Soo Locks and back down to Indiana. It was a beautiful trip despite the rain.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #208695 slothy (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 1883 Re:? about filter change 2 Years, 10 Months ago   offtopic, but we are leaving tomorrow morning for UP - any cool spots you recommend? staying first night in newberry, we are going to check a few falls, picture rocks (was told do the boat tour), staying in houghton lake then heading to copper harbor then off to timms hill in WI for my buddies highpoint hiking crap hehe and back to route 2 to 75 then to home.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #208725 Big Dawg (User) On the road again . . . Platinum Boarder Posts: 1220 Re:? about filter change 2 Years, 10 Months ago   You're right that you will not need to add much oil, those filters are small and won't hold much. Just curious. If you're that close to an oil change, why not do it all at the same time? Or just wait until it is oil change time? I don't understand why you would just change the filter. BD   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #208735 MS1700 (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 2585 Re:? about filter change 2 Years, 10 Months ago   If it's mobile one with a mobile one extended filter I'd just go right on to 8K and not blink. Then change it all. 1000 over with Mobile one is nothing if the engine has been running properly and it's been in there way less than a year. But if you insist, get an empty oil container, catch what comes out as you unscrew it, then drain what is left in the filter into same container, take note on how much you have there and add that much and a tad more to the fill tube of clean oil and you'll be good to go.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access.

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