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After the Battle “Oil Change”

Posted in Yamaha XJ 900 model 4BB 1991 by Local on May 3, 2009

The oil change has gone moderately well, and I thank myself to have used the plastic tarpaulin otherwise some used oil would have  leaked here and there, the bolt with a Phillips  mark retaining the oil mostly fell into the hole of the drain oil can, and I have had just the time to grab it, thus allowing some oil splashing outside the receiver of the drain oil can. I added an album who depicts the oil change in pictures :

Oil Change Album

The bell-shaped containing the oil filter needed for its take down that I dismantle one exhaust pipe at least, for practical reasons I took down the two exhaust pipes, I wanted room to work it right, and the bell-shaped was mounted not the right way, as you can see in the previous posts.Replacing the oil filter was not a big deal, but one may be careful to memorize the order of washer, spring, etc… the oil filter itself has a direction of assembly, so watch out!

The pain in the a** came with the fitting of the last exhaust pipe, and its dowel who gone loose…to be continued