So some of you may have seen the '98 916 I recently inherited from my father who was injured and can no longer ride. Anyways, it had its 12k service done on 3/21/2007 and has sat there up until I went and picked it up last month.
Already did all the fluids except for the oil. Which I just did today. Anyways, my manual says to check oil level with the bike on the kickstand, my Haynes manual says to check it up on the stands.
Heres where things get interesting. My dad did quite alot to the bike and unfortunately there are no solid records as far as exactly what. I saw a note on a piece of paper regarding an upgraded oil cooler, but other than that I am stumped.
With the bike warmed up to about 160 degrees farenheit, with 3 quarts in it, up on the stands, the sight glass is just over the top of the max line. Once it rests, the sight glass is completely full. The whole thing. No gap at all.
So 3 quarts = 2.8 liters. Supposed capacity is 4 liters, so it should be showing low right? I am kind of at a loss here with this thing and deathly afraid of overfilling, I am used to a good old fashioned dipstick as I grew up a HawkGT nut.
Oil is Motul 300V 15w50.
Any and all answers that help relieve what is becoming a nervous breakdown is appreciated.
Already did all the fluids except for the oil. Which I just did today. Anyways, my manual says to check oil level with the bike on the kickstand, my Haynes manual says to check it up on the stands.
Heres where things get interesting. My dad did quite alot to the bike and unfortunately there are no solid records as far as exactly what. I saw a note on a piece of paper regarding an upgraded oil cooler, but other than that I am stumped.
With the bike warmed up to about 160 degrees farenheit, with 3 quarts in it, up on the stands, the sight glass is just over the top of the max line. Once it rests, the sight glass is completely full. The whole thing. No gap at all.
So 3 quarts = 2.8 liters. Supposed capacity is 4 liters, so it should be showing low right? I am kind of at a loss here with this thing and deathly afraid of overfilling, I am used to a good old fashioned dipstick as I grew up a HawkGT nut.
Oil is Motul 300V 15w50.
Any and all answers that help relieve what is becoming a nervous breakdown is appreciated.