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From: "Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" on 21 Jun 2010 10:38 "Krusty" <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote in message news:hvnne1$3d5$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > It's not always possible to get a hand in (fnaar). And the SV workshop > manual specifically says not to hand tighten, but do two full turns > once the gasket touches the face. I've no idea if it's possible to do > two full turns by hand - didn't need to find out thanks to the K&N's > nut. > Two full turns? By christ that must be tight. Si
From: Krusty on 21 Jun 2010 10:39 Pete Fisher wrote: > I'm inclined to risk leaving the oil in for 12 months. Do filters > 'age'? Not in 12 months they don't. -- Krusty
From: Krusty on 21 Jun 2010 10:42 Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote: > > "Krusty" <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote in message > news:hvnne1$3d5$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > It's not always possible to get a hand in (fnaar). And the SV > > workshop manual specifically says not to hand tighten, but do two > > full turns once the gasket touches the face. I've no idea if it's > > possible to do two full turns by hand - didn't need to find out > > thanks to the K&N's nut. > > > > Two full turns? By christ that must be tight. Didn't feel unduly tight. I might stick a torque wrench on it later just out of interest. -- Krusty
From: Pete Fisher on 21 Jun 2010 10:48 In communiqu� <hvntjr$eg$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Krusty <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >Pete Fisher wrote: > >> I'm inclined to risk leaving the oil in for 12 months. Do filters >> 'age'? > >Not in 12 months they don't. > That's what I thought, particularly given the flexible servicing regime some car engine operate on these days. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: Lozzo on 21 Jun 2010 13:44
Krusty wrote: > sweller wrote: > > > Krusty wrote: > > > > > I use whichever's most convenient out of OE, K&N/Hi-Flo, Champion > > > or Bosch. > > > > Local Motor Factors seem to stock Mahle for everything, Jaguar > > specialists dish out Crossflow. > > > > Not sure if they're any good mind... > > Mahle are supposed to be very good. No idea about Crossflow. Mahle are OE for most German and Swedish manufacturers. Extremely high quality. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere) |