Alright we’re going to change the oil on a V Star 1100.
It’s a Yamaha.
There are a few things you need to know before you get started.
This particular motorcycle has an internal filter.
The oil filter’s inside of this cap right here.
As far as…it holds a little bit more than 3 quarts of oil.
The fuel plug is right here.
The drain plug is underneath here on the bottom.
That’s our drain plug right there.
And then we also have a window right here that shows the level of the oil it’s at.
It does have to be…the bike does have to be straight up and down in kind of a riding
position to make sure you get the right reading on it.
Anyway, so to get started the bike currently is warm.
I just got back from the auto parts store where I got the oil from.
That just helps the oil drain out a little bit better; when it’s hot it’s more liquid,
so you’re not leaving any gunk inside when you’re draining it out.
So yeah, I’ll start with that.
Alright we’re going to start with the drain plug it’s a 17 millimeter.
Just kind of screw it out and make sure you have something underneath it to catch all
the oil in.
And then if your engine is pretty hot make sure you don’t touch the oil cuz it will
burn you.
That’s the oil coming out of there.
So the reason I’m changing it on this bike right now is cuz I just barely…I bought
it and the owner didn’t know when it was previously changed.
So I’m just going to change it so I know when maintenance was done.
Anyway so I’m going to let it drip out just like that and then I’m going to let it keep
dripping until it’s completely stopped.
Usually I’ll let it sit for 3 or 4 minutes…maybe 5 just to make sure all the bad oil’s out
of it.
Alright, got the plug back in.
Now the fuel filter’s inside of this right here.
And due to the very annoying placement of this bottom exhaust, it’s impossible to
get to those bottom two bolts in there; this one and there’s one more down below this.
So you have to take this bottom exhaust off before you can get to the fuel filter.
So to get the exhaust off there are two bolts up inside here that are each 12 millimeter.
There were two bolts in here and those were 13 millimeters that just kind of screwed into
the exhaust right here on the back.
And then my floor boards are keeping the exhaust from coming out as well so I’m loosening
those up.
This is a 14 millimeter down at the bottom.
So once I get the floorboard off the exhaust should come right out.
Okay so we got that cap off, you can see it right here.
So the top two screws on it were the short ones.
This middle screw right here is kind of the medium sized one, and then the bottom two
screws are the larger ones.
So I’ll put those back on right later.
Anyway, this part right here is where the oil filter is.
Basically I just need to pop this thing off and get at the filter on the inside.
So I already broke it loose a little bit.
It kind of slides out, you can see where the O-rings are.
And then here’s the filter itself; that guy.
Anyway, so yeah.
Just kind of clean up around the edges, pop the new filter in and then seal it all up
just the way you took it off.
So there’s also a little black washer that goes down there at the bottom screw.
And then the same, you know, when you replace those around the edge as well.
That’s where that goes.
Here we go.
Got everything put back together.
Put the oil inside that fuel plug right there.
Yeah, everything else should be good to go.
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