glhboy
n00b Ruckster
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Post by glhboy on Oct 12, 2005 9:37:07 GMT -5
My 600 mile service is $55.88 at my Honda dealer.
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Post by SqUiRmInAtOr/ Phred 501 on Oct 12, 2005 10:22:41 GMT -5
So I should look into changing my oil at about 600 miles/1000km? |
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Post by SqUiRmInAtOr/ Phred 501 on Oct 12, 2005 10:27:54 GMT -5
My 600 mile service is $55.88 at my Honda dealer.  |
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ZoomZoom
Ruckster
'05 Ruckus, '97 Polaris 400L 4X4
Posts: 251
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Post by ZoomZoom on Oct 12, 2005 19:05:42 GMT -5
Yeah...Did my own first oil change and just about time for my second one. Only thing that bugs me a bit is how to get a torque wrench on the screen nut, think I need some fancy tool.
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Post by Dandy Dan on Oct 13, 2005 7:21:29 GMT -5
You don't need to check that screen nut near as often as you change the oil. In my experience, it's never really been dirty in 23,000kms but still check it occasionally. For a basic oil change just see you owners manual but basically what you do is:
- Warm up your engine for a couple minutes
- Let it sit for a couple minutes
- Remove the dipstick (so it drains faster)
- Remove the drain bolt below the variator (15mm??) and catch the oil in whatever
- Reinstall clean drain bolt
- Pour .6L or so of new oil in the dipstick until it's about 3/4 of the way up the hashmarks
- Reinstall dipstick
- Clean your funnel and properly dispose of the old oil.
- Check your oil level from time to time to make sure it isn't changing.
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Post by sharkynrk on Oct 18, 2005 13:57:58 GMT -5
indeed
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Post by timberwolfmadcat on Oct 26, 2005 20:02:55 GMT -5
change the gear oil about there too, just changed, big change in performance
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Post by Dandy Dan on Oct 26, 2005 20:28:11 GMT -5
hmmm...that makes me wonder about the effects of the oil I threw in. I know it's thick gear oil but it seems quite thick. Maybe I robbing power (oh no!).
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Post by motherruckas on Oct 27, 2005 10:14:01 GMT -5
I like $55, I thought it would be in the hundreds. I used to motorcycle prices. $4 is good too.
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Post by chanito on Oct 27, 2005 11:05:23 GMT -5
 56 dollars for an oil change and a wash seems like highway robbery to me, plus more than likely it will be done by the less skilled tech in the dealer, i work in a car dealarship, and an oil change with full inspection, brakes, hoses, belts, tires, etc is 29.99 and we use 5 quarts of oil not 0.6 
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Post by timberwolfmadcat on Oct 27, 2005 22:21:51 GMT -5
dandy, i got 85W gear oil, quakerstate i believe, anyways, mine was horible before i threw it in there, shifting is a dream, nice and smooth now
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Post by Dandy Dan on Oct 28, 2005 7:31:07 GMT -5
I should pick up some better stuff and see what kind of a difference that makes...thanks for the info.
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Post by chanito on Oct 28, 2005 18:05:43 GMT -5
:-*I am a dirty minded old man i keep looking at motherruckas avatar  |
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Post by Kami no Chiizu on Oct 29, 2005 17:50:15 GMT -5
I had to give it a double take, myself, Chanito.
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probrewer
n00b Ruckster
I swear, I only had one beer!
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Post by probrewer on Jul 8, 2006 13:52:48 GMT -5
Just did my first oil change at 125mi, pretty dark stuff! Seems like Half-Pint got a shot of something good, as she has more off-the-line zip than when I first drove her off the lot  I can't wait to start wrenching on her and learn the internals! Rob |
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Post by corvus on Jul 9, 2006 9:36:00 GMT -5
;D It is OK Robo, it is just that it burns me that everybody think that because you fix cars for a living, you are an uneducated brute who could not do anything else, and i have to admit that there are a lot of those calling themselves auto techs, but some of us got good grades in school and went to a vocational school to learn this trade, expend 30k in tools and keep up with the improvements in cars by going to classes, and i do not charge a penny to my friends, and grscum is correct bike and boat tech charge a lot more for similar jobs, i guess because they assume that bikes and boat are a luxury LoL . . . I paid 23,000 for a college degree in Psychology and I honestly wish and prefer I would have just mentored a local mechanic . . . or at the most went to tech school. Those "mokeys" make more than I do, and acutally have skills that are totally useful in todays world. Anyone willing to pay me $20 an hour for some psychological insight ?  |
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Post by chanito on Jul 9, 2006 17:34:58 GMT -5
I do not know how much money you do, but i get more than 20 an hour, but it took me a while to get there 
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Post by corvus on Jul 9, 2006 17:50:14 GMT -5
I do not know how much money you do, but i get more than 20 an hour, but it took me a while to get there I'm a supervisor in a nursing home of sorts . . . and only make $12 an hour . . . you're way ahead of me . . . and you probably like your job most of the time . . . ehh . . . Cheers to the monkeys of the world . . . I wish I was one of you! |
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Post by Kami no Chiizu on Jul 9, 2006 17:53:38 GMT -5
I know your pain, Cor... |
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Post by jrcanoe on Jul 11, 2006 21:05:51 GMT -5
My 600 mile service is $55.88 at my Honda dealer. Don't sell yourself short You should at least pay yourself min wage which brings your cost to $9.50 . I know where your coming from though an hours entertainment usually costs me more than 4$. |
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