what up guys it's adrian from youmotorcycle and in today's video we're going to be using
Triumph's service manual to do an oil change on that bike right over there the triumph bonville
se. this is going to apply to pretty much any of those 865 cc triumph engines whether it's the
bonneville, se, the t100, the thruxton, or even the scrambler. The format of the video
is i'm going to alternate between showing you guys what is going on
in the service manual, and showing you guys what i'm going to be working on
on the bike. so for starters and this is also how we're going to finish it
is the oil level check basically they want you to run the bike for five minutes just at idle
let it sit for three minutes. that's so that the oil cools down. and then you're going to check the
oil level with the bike totally upright and make sure that the level is somewhere between the max
and the min. if it's below min you were probably burning oil or you need to add more oil in.
it was over max you were over filled got to get some oil out of there. once your bike's
been warmed up and you know if you've been burning oil or not we're going to go ahead
and drain the oil. so to do that they want you to get the drain sub pump and just take that out
they also say it's going to come with a sealing washer they don't want you to
reuse the washer they want the washer to be thrown out. the next thing you're going to
want to get rid of is the oil filter so locate that oil filter and take it off
just wait a few minutes while all the oil drains out of your motorcycle. while that's happening
you grab your new oil filter and get some clean oil dip it on your finger and just rub it around
the surface of the seal of the new oil filter and we want that oil there because it's going to stop
the oil filter from getting seized onto the engine casing which is just going to be a total pain in
the butt the next time you want to do your oil filter so make sure you lubricate your new filter.
now that all your oil's drained out it's time to put everything back together so grab your fresh
ceiling washer, grab your drain plug, put them back in. you're going to tighten them
to 25 newton meters. that's the torque specification. the reason why i use
a torque wrench is because it allows me to set my wrench to 25 newton meters so i won't
over tighten it and risk damaging my motor and i won't under tighten it and risk having a leak
once i feel a click in my wrench that's how i know i got to 25 degrees i don't have to worry anymore.
once you've done that set your torque wrench back to zero. next
set it to eight to twelve newton meters and install your fresh oil filter.
so
now your drain plug and your oil filter are back in your bike's empty so make sure
you definitely do not start it. pour your fresh oil in. personally i use a
funnel because otherwise i would make a total mess of everything.
and i'll put my preferred oil and where i got it from both on the screen and a link to it in the
description box underneath this video. after that the manual just says to restart the bike and make
sure that after a moment your oil pressure warning light does come off. if it doesn't
turn the bike off right away you probably don't have enough oil in there and from that point on
you're just going to kind of go back to where you started and do your oil level check and just make
sure that your oil level isn't too high or too low. if it is too high take off your drain plug
a little bit let some oil out if it's too low add some more oil so you get it just right and that's
really all there is to it guys. it's pretty easy to do this yourself if you have a torque wrench,
if you have some basic tools at your place this is how you do it as per triumph's own service manual,
which means that this is how you do it basically by the book as a dealer should be doing it you can
save a bunch of money though by doing it yourself. if you have any questions please leave them in
the comment section down below i'll be happy to help you guys out and please hit subscribe if you
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