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mverps

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Checking oil
« on: October 15, 2014, 06:09:55 PM »
I keep reading differing opinions on this. Do you check the oil with the dipstick unscrewed, or do you screw it back in and then out to check it?
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Re: Checking oil
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2014, 06:16:00 PM »
you check the oil unscrewed!!!! it says so in your manual

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Re: Checking oil
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2014, 06:18:39 PM »
unscrewed.
 The action of jiggling it around, lining up the threads, twisting it in/out can give a false reading.
You get a kind of cotton candy effect.
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Re: Checking oil
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2014, 06:19:31 PM »
thanks, I read in one manual to check it unscrewed, and in another manual to check it screwed in. So you can see my confusion. I appreciate your input.

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Re: Checking oil
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2014, 06:32:33 PM »
Also, obvious, but make sure it is on the center stand on level ground!!!! You have no idea how many customers I've had over-fill their oil because they had it on the kickstand!!
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