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I'm about to change the oil and although it's possibly the easiest thing to do, I was wondering if there are any tips or tricks with the ZXR?

Is there a mesh filter or anything like that? Or is it simply a case of:

Filler Cap
Drain plug
Filter change
Plug
Fill (3.0l)

I know this sounds stupid - I've done countless oil changes on cars, but this is my first bike engine oil change so I don't want to miss anything out and f*** my engine. For instance, I intend to stab the filter with a screwdriver to remove it (unless I find my remover). Am I likely to stab through something important? I've never knwon this method to cause harm before, but then again I've never known that many engines!!

Cheers

No different to anything else, I've screwdrivered the filter off before, although I've now bought a thing for getting lids off jars - very cheap and works better than the stupid chain filter wrench I had before (which was the reason for screwdrivering).

Getting the filter off is a bit awkward, just because of the fact it's on the front of the engine behind the downpipes - so be careful if you've warmed the engine to make the oil come out easier. Also you *will* drop oil on the downpipes which will smoke a bit afterwards.

Cheers. Didn't think there'd be anything special but I thought I may as well ask.

She purrs now and has lost her unnerving rattle. The sump plug was a bit of a toad to get off but a 5' improvised breaker bar sorted that!
Just for future reference - is there a trick to getting the crush washer off? Or do you just mangle them off?

wtf is a crush washer?

masterofinsanity wrote:wtf is a crush washer?

copper washer, supposed to replace very time but no-one bothers. can juet haet them with a blowtorch and that makes them expand back to thier original size.