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Posted:  06 Aug 2008 03:47	[?]
Registered User Currently Offline Join Date: Apr 2008	Posts:  145 Reputation:  4 [?] User Rank: Captain
Why is it all of the sudden my oil tank is so full of oil it's running out the top. I filled the bike to spec. Why is it doing this??????

Posted:  06 Aug 2008 03:55	[?]
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Did you fill it up when the bike was cold? Like most other fluids when heated oil expands, but it shouldn't be so much that it's coming out of the top... How is it coming out of the top anyways? There shouldn't be anywhere for it to come out of, could you take a pic and post it? I'm sure someone will be more helpful than me, but a visual reference might help them help you.

Posted:  06 Aug 2008 04:03	[?]
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No I had rode the bike for about 10 or 15 min first like the book says.I filled the bike up till it was about 1/2 the way up on the stick then started it and ran it for a few then topped it off slowly. If you take the dipstick out out comes the oil. It was right for about 1 week then i checked it tonight and out it came

Posted:  06 Aug 2008 05:03	[?]
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Did you fill it on the sidestand? Either something is expanding, or you've got some other fluids entering somehow. As for fluids, it could either be tranny oil or fuel. Being how it's fuel injected, I don't see how it could be fuel. Maybe check the tranny oil and see if it's low. I don't see how that could be, but anything is possible. This is an interesting problem, good luck!

Posted:  06 Aug 2008 06:13	[?]
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Maybe a clogged oil line? and it's backing up in the oil tank {swingarm}?

Posted:  06 Aug 2008 09:09	[?]
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the first time i did my oil change i drained the fluid from the tranny then when i went to put my oil in, yeah big mess..lmao. i was like, why is there this much oil, duh. so new fluids in both, live and learn. if this is what you did i dont you expect you to admit to it, i felt like a retard.

Posted:  06 Aug 2008 22:22	[?]
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you didn't wait long enough between riding and filling. oil was still in the engine and didn't have time to flow back into the reservoir/swingarm

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