Oil Change on a 3C

[sfcpiet]

Now my question is this; when you fill a completely dry engine with the manufacturers recommended amount of oil, what's the dipstick reading once the engine has been started and the oil has found its way up into the cooler and into the primary case. Are the manufacturers dipstick marks corrected to allow for that?

Bob,

When rebuilding, I fill 3 litres to a fresh engine.  Dip stick usually shows up "full".  Checking after initial start-up shows dip stick on "low", nearly 0.5 litres needed to top up.

piet

 

[Rufustbear]

Straight question ,if oils gets in there from the crankcase why the oil hole feed from the pump also have been told slaters ran a dry clutch in one of there racers,not so sure about that but came from a reliable source :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\

 

[bob]

Ray, If you look back through the thread, Cam came to the conclusion that the hole in the crankcase wall was merely a drain hole to prevent excess oil levels building up in the primary case. The oil gets into the case via the LH mains.
On the later bikes with the oil feed direct to the chain it becomes less critical to keep the primary running in an oil bath and therefore the drain hole is located lower in order to evacuate the primary case more efficiently. In my opinion this is a superior system because it will reduce the drag on the primary chain.If you block off your oil feed your primary chain you should probably raise the level of the drain hole in the crankcase wall

 

[Rufustbear]

Sounds good ill give it a go