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[stephen hall]

please can i have your opinion as to the following .....whilst at work last week i got into a heated discusion over what you would expect to find when draining the oil......yep i found it hard to understand as well.... here are the examples given..... nowt but oil or your lump is goner go bang, small pieces of swarf. small pieces of gasket material, thread swarf, smurfs ...no actualy i made that up....but the discusion got almost to blows between a harley rider and in his opinion a..... plastic rocket rider,, made me think to have a real good look next time i change

[twpd]

Your opinion is about right.

[stephen hall]

i think very small pieces of mentioned would be o.k. its when there is a lot and it gets bigger its time to worry ...am i wrong????

[twpd]

Originally Posted by stephen hall

i think very small pieces of mentioned would be o.k. its when there is a lot and it gets bigger its time to worry ...am i wrong????

Yes. Although it's often quoted that if you spot lots of bright silvery shards or shavings in the oil strainer then you may be suffering from the infamous rockers problem. It's quite normal in my experience to get small amount of debris in the strainer or on the magnet with almost any bike over time.

[Rattler]

There's a good reason why there's a magnet fitted to the drain plug.

[twpd]

Originally Posted by Rattler

There's a good reason why there's a magnet fitted to the drain plug.

Indeed. SO you can hang it on the garage door when changing the oil