Alright, today we’re going to change the oil on a 2002 Suzuki Bandit.
To do this project you’re going to need something to catch the oil in, the oil filter
itself, gloves, oil, a 21 millimeter socket wrench, and then a funnel as well to pour
the oil in.
So you start off….right now the bike is warm.
I took it around the block a couple times just to make sure that the oil is going to
pour out easily.
Right here underneath the bike there is a drain plug.
So here’s a 21 millimeter socket….uh, plug for the oil.
So once I take this out, oil is going to start pouring out of the engine.
So you’re going to want to have something underneath to catch all of the oil in.
Alright so I broke the nut loose right here with the wrench.
And right now you’re going to want to have your gloves on – something about oil causing
cancer to the citizens of California.
I’m going to try not to lose this in the oil bucket…or burn myself with the oil coming
out of the engine.
Perfect.
Okay, so we’ll let all of that drain out.
So it’s been sitting here for about 4 or 5 minutes and it’s just barely trickling
out.
Since the bike is warmer, more oil has come out than if the bike was cold.
So I’m going to go ahead and put the drain plug back in – just by hand for right now
and then I’ll tighten it in when I have more space.
Alright, so here’s the front of the bike.
The oil filter is right here.
So now that we have the oil drained out I’m going to go ahead and reach in there and see
if there’s a wrench you can use that will grab onto the filter and that will make it
easier to take off.
I’ll link that in the video description below.
Alright so some oil will start to pour out of here so make sure you still have your bin.
There you go.
Let that drain out for a second.
That’s what the oil filter screws onto.
Okay so with the new filter, which I have right here, you are going to want to take
some oil, so I just have some of the oil on my finger, and take it around the seal on
the outside.
And this will just help it stick to the engine better and creates a better, you know, seal
between the filter and the engine.
And once that’s all covered I can reach up into here and screw it back into that.
Alright so now the new oil filter is in place right here.
And as I’m tightening it in, I’m just tightening as hard as I can with my hand.
I’m not even using any tools to tighten it because you don’t want to crush the filter
itself.
So now that that’s on I can ditch this oil pan, I can tighten down that screw down there
– the oil drain bolt, and I can fill ‘er up with oil.
Okay so the oil fill is right here on top of the engine.
This one just needs a little bit over 3 quarts; you can kind of see the millimeter there.
And then we have the oil fill window right here.
You can see “low” and “full”.
So I’m going to go ahead and put the 3 quarts in there and I’m going to drop off the center
stand, let it cycle through the engine for a couple minutes and then make sure that the
bike is level and check it.
And then I’m going to make sure to add enough oil so that it’s right inbetween these two
lines.
So you can see in the oil fill window right now, when I tip the bike up to the riding
position you can see that the oil is right there inbetween those two lines.
So when I start the engine and run it, the oil is going to filter through the system
and go into the oil filter that we just installed.
So it’s going to dip down just a little bit.
That’s why you run the bike for a second and then top off the oil after it’s been
running.
Anyway, that’s how you change the oil on a Suzuki Bandit.
I’ve listed all of the parts that you’ll need: the oil, the filter, the funnels, the
tools, everything is in the video description below.
So if you have any questions, make sure to leave them in the comments.
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Filter for the old one is a PH6018.
That’s a FRAM filter and the K&N filter is going to be the KN138.