| Author | Message | ||
     2000x1 |
Hi, I am new to Buell and just bought a 2000 X1 without any owner's or shop manual. I want to find out where the dip stick is and how to open the engine oil cap. I assume the chrome one under the seat is the engine oil cap. Thanks! | ||
| Hans |
Welcome aboard 2000x1. Yes, it is the oil cap, and the dip stick is fixed on that cap. Buells have a dry sump system: The oil pump keeps the carter "dry". Oil is pumped to the moving parts of engine and from the carter to the oil tank. As long as there is oil in the tank, you have good lubrication. (Wet sump systems are cheaper, and those need a certain oil level in the carter for good lubrication.) Long rant to make sure that you understand why you don`t need to fill the oil in the tank to the max mark on the dipstick. In fact: It is better to leave the oil level as low, as just barely touching the point of the dipstick. Why? Because overfilling the tank can give horrible results: The excessive oil will be blown over the rear tire. And many have already experienced that the max mark on the dipstick is already sign of an overfilled tank. Apart from that: You have to read the dipstick immediately after a ride: All oil is then in the tank. After a while oil can seep through the return valve and give a false (too low) reading. Place the bike on a flat surface on its side stand for reading the stick. Hans | ||
| Aesquire |
If you look in, and see any oil level on the slope of the tank, you've got oil. ( the following is really BAD advice! ) If you check BEFORE a ride, and think it's low.... and toss in another quart. You can leave the seat off, start it up, and watch the oil ( and cap ) hit the eaves of the garage. It does not always happen, but it's an environmental incident when it does. | ||
| 2000x1 |
Thanks for the great advice and the BAD advice :-). Now, how do you open the cap. I tried turn it and it wouldn't open. It looks like a snap on but I don't want to risk breaking it. Thanks. | ||
| Hans |
Yes: The cap pops out. Keep the rubber sealing wet with oil: Next time it will be easy. Hans | ||
| Djkaplan |
You'll go crazy looking for where to fill the transmission and primary. | ||
| Justin_case |
What's a carter? | ||
| Bluzm2 |
An old president? | ||
| Blake |
Secret BadWeB code. I remember it from long ago... Y'all need to surf the archives more often.  | ||
| Hans |
I thought "caster" was an English word, because we pronounce it the English way. Just as we use other English words in the automotive branch, like "caster" and "camber". "Carter" means: oil pan, sump, crank case. Hans  | ||
| Blake |
You've divulged our secret code to all the Japan Inc corporate spies! We may be doomed.  Frankly, I like "carter" instead of "crankcase", it much more personable and friendly sounding. The spies be damned, the Japan Inc ones, not Ben Spies or his family; they're cool. |
