Free Yamaha manuals
 

I was having problems with my oil change today and I called Zortness to tell him. He said to check the Australian Yamaha site for the manual. Yup, it was there for FREE!! Not sure how many Yamaha models it covers, but it's worth a look if you got a Yamaha. They're in pdf format and I now have a copy saved to my desktop. Good shit.

http://www.yamahaownershandbook.com.au/?r=0

what problem did ya have?

Righty tighty Lefty loosey...???:ps:

Its on the american site as well.

Trouble with the gearshift lever ?

No, I always ask the people at the parts counter to look up the capacity of the oil for me and they usually do. Well, the guy that helped me just said start at 3.5 and go from there. I've changed my oil before, but it was six months ago and forgot how many quarts it needs. So I went with the 3.5 method. I put in 3.5, run it and check. The fucking oil was almost over-flowing out of the dipstick hole. I check it on the site and it's only 2.75. I knew 3.5 didn't sound right. Oh well. I ran it for like 20 seconds. Hope I didn't fuck anything up.

3.5 ? Geez...one would think working the counter he would know or go ask someone that did know or admit he doesn't know instead of guessing.

I wouldn't see how you messed anything up only running it "20 seconds" at all.

If you took it out on the road and ran it hard then maybe the seals could have gotten stressed but if you never even took it out then I wouldn't be too concerned.

I never can remember capacity's either having two bikes plus with a 4, 6, and 8 cylinder cage in the driveway....I have to grab the manual everytime. :willy::cry:

Oh and thanks for the link.:dthumb:

What a fucking jabrone working that counter. Go back and give him a serious ass whooping.

3 point fucking 5? What a douchebag.

For me, with filter change, it always takes right around 2.75, or a little bit more. (after I run it and let the oil circulate a bit, obv) I pour 2.5 right in, then go from there. The amount that came out with the filter, or how long you let the drain go, or what orientation/ground the bike was on can make it move around a little bit.

Heh... My ex's counsin's BF was changing his oil one day when I stopped by... he had an old F150... I saw the empty case and like 10 empty quarts on the ground around it... So I asked him about all of that... He thought he had to FILL UP the engine with oil...