Hello, John Talley here with partzilla.com. Today, we're going to show you how to do a
simple oil change on a 2008 Honda CBR600 RR. It starts by just letting the machine run
for about two or three minutes, get everything circulating around in there, then we'll lift
it up and I'll show you how to get it done. Alright guys, let's go over some of the tools
we're going to need for this project. It's actually a very short list.
You'll need a 12mm, a 5mm Allen, a decent ratchet, and then an oil filter wrench. It's
definitely going to be vehicle-specific, so you definitely want to get the right size
for that. Alright guys, before we get started, let's
talk about the different types of oil that you can use in this machine.
When your machine was shipped out, it was sent with just Honda GN4 oil-- just a generic
type of oil. Honda also recommends that you can use an HP4 oil which is a synthetic. You
just want to make sure that it does not have moly in it. I know that there's a bunch of
different oils out there and even more opinions as to what you can use in this and which one
is best for it. I'm going to go with what Honda recommends just to be on the safe side.
So, let's get that cowling pulled off and I'll show you how to get the oil dumped out
and replace the filter. Once you remove all eight of those 5mm Allen
bolts, the entire lower cowling will drop out as one piece. Just leave it connected
and to reassemble will just be the reverse of what we did to pull it off.
Now with the cowling off, we just need to remove the oil fill plug. Be sure you don't
lose the O-ring with it. To drain it, there's just a 12mm down at the
bottom of the crankcase, and it does have a crush washer on it so you'll want to keep
up with that as well. While that's still draining, you can go ahead
and take off the oil filter. You're going to need an oil filter wrench to do that.
When we took it off, of course it made a mess of our exhaust headers with oil. So we'll
definitely want to spray that back off once we're done with some contact cleaner or brake
cleaner to get it cleaned back up. Alright, when you're reinstalling the oil
filter, you want to get just a little dab of oil and go around this O-ring.
Use your wrench to snug it back up, but don't get carried away, it doesn't have to be that
tight. Right there.
Looks like she's pretty much finished draining. Make sure your crush washer is still on your
drain bolt. Tighten it back up.
Like I said, go ahead and spray down those headers and get all of that oil off. Otherwise,
it'd smoke like crazy, or potentially catch on fire, and we don't want that.
That should do it. Alright guys, we've got our filter snugged
down, we've got the drain plug tight, and now it's time to go ahead and fill her up.
She holds right at three quarts, if not exactly. What we're going to do is go ahead and dump
in two, get it circulating through the system, and then we can set the final level with the
third quart. That's two.
Tell you what: we'll go ahead and put half of the third one in there and then start it
up. Alright, see if you look at that sight glass
it would be lying to you right now because it shows it right in the middle where it's
supposed to be when I'm done. but what we haven't done is start it up and at least get
it to circulate through the system-- fill up that void where the oil filter is.
Before you start it up you want to make sure that you have the oil fill plug in place,
other wise it's going to kick oil out of the side of the case and we don't want that. It'll
make a mess. Alright it's circulated through about 30 seconds.
So now, if you re-look at our sight, it doesn't show anything in there now does it?
So roughly the rest of this third quart should bring it back into spec. Once you shut the
machine off, you want to give it about a minute or so to settle to get your final level because
a lot of the oil is still going to be draining down into the sump.
Alright, it's at the bottom of the mark right now, so I think we can safely go ahead and
put in the rest of this quart, give it a minute or two to settle, and then we'll take another
peek at that sight glass. Alright, there she is: right in the middle
between high and low. Alright, once you've removed the funnel and
before you start it up you want to make sure you replace your oil fill plug.
Alright guys, well that's pretty much a wrap on this one. A really simple procedure, save
yourself a decent amount of change doing it yourself instead of taking it to the dealership.
Listen, if there's something that I did that you couldn't see or if you have a question
about what I was working on or how I did it, leave it in the comments section below and
I'll be glad to do my best to answer it for you.
If you need any of the parts or the oil or filter that I used in this procedure, come
see us at partzilla.com and we can get you taken care of.
Until the next video we just want to say thank you for watching.