Oil Level Jarmara

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Robinput

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Just picked up my 1979 Jarmara first Laverda I have owned, can anyone confirm if the oil level is checked hot or cold? The bike has been Jotarised in terms of looks it was on eBay and has been mentioned in other topics on the forum.
 
Cold.  Or hot if you wait a minute or two for the oil to find its way back into the sump!  :)

The really important bit is to have the dipstick unscrewed and left dangling vertically in the hole (that is, not held up tight against the threaded orifice, and therefore at an angle to vertical)
 
Don't be surprised if you can only re-fill 3 Liters or 3,25 liters after an oilchange, there is oil sticking in the primary cover and some other places that does not come out with a normal oil-change. So always only refill 2,5 liters and from there, check oil-level and fill in accordingly. Even on a freshly assembled engine, sometimes only 2,5 liters fit in. Leaning the bike left and right sometimes fixes this and another half or full liter goes in. You should check oil-level after some kilometers after the oil-change again. It is normal that it lowers a bit as the oil gets distributed around in the engine. Don't overfill!!! This will raise the pressure in the crank case and will cause the bike to blow oil out of the breather. Stay well within the area between minimum and maximum!

Also make sure that you clean the mesh-type oilfilter that sits on the lower half of the crank case. You can reach it after dismounting the exhaust from under the engine, front, a bit to the left (3 nuts holding it). Finger around in the whole carefully after removing the filter to see if you find any bigger part laying around there (quite often, cam chain locking plates are dropping through the cam chain tunnel down there...).
 
hmmm.....get yourself some correct copper crush gaskets before taking any exhaust headers off, and pay attention to getting them sealed right on re-assembly as leaks there can cause problems. The o ring on the filter cover should be ok for re-use...counsel of perfection would be to replace that.
Morons at KTM stipulate that my 690 duke should have oil checked through the sight glass (no dipstick) when hot. So it appears you can't check it before going for a ride.So if its too low, you seem to have to warm it up, seize up, then put some in maybe?! 10/60 fully synth costs a packet too..but I digress/waffle :D
Nick7
 
Maybe check it when you get in from a ride..?  GS is similar- when hot, leave on sidestand for 15 minutes to let the oil drain down, then put it on the centre stand to check the level.
 
Reggie, yeah but who wants to 'uck about topping oil up when your just back and the dinners on,eh? and popping cold oil into hot doesn't seem a great way of getting levels right...mind you, a slight lean one way and t'other screws things up anyway...no centre stand of course.And if you overfill, a fate worse than death apparently awaits ;)
Nick7 but boy, you wouldn't want to pass up a blast on one of these things :D
 
Reggie,
on either your GS would be toast. Low weight is where its at round the bends ...though having seen the roads in your vid, can see that you might actually be able to use 130+horses, just sorry can't make the rally.
Nick7
 
on either your GS would be toast.
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Maybe... >:D   Well, OK, clearly it would be on the Super Duke, but I stand by the GS as a great cross country bike, no matter what others say. :D  I'm not really into riding really tight stuff quick, so flickability and low weight not such a problem.  Probably just as well, given my penchant for Laverdas.
 
Hi
Aprilia mille the same,check when warm,dry sumped and have to check level in sight tube on side of oil tank behind fairing.
Neale
 
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