Well first let me say, im not blaming ANYBODY this was MY fault no one else's. So heres the story...
After following the advise of other members in my fairing thread. I decided instead of taking the fairing all the way off I would just get the bottom part undone so I can half way get to the oil filer. Much easier right? Sure seemed that way and it probably is. But hears the thing, After getting the old oil filter off, I got the new oil filter on. Pretty easy so far right? I tightened it down with the oil filter wrench to what seemed pretty tight. I thought that seems pretty tight, now to put in the oil...
I put in 3.5 quarts of oil tighten the oil cap back down and begin to start it up. I hit the button it starts right up, the low oil light went off after a second or two, all seemed right in the world...
CLINK! ZIPP! Wait what was that? I listened, about 5 seconds later, CLINK, CLINK, WHINE!!! I look down and there is about 3.5 quarts of oil pouring out of this thing at the filter. Bam, I shut the engine down. What have I done!?? I thought. What happened?
Well, to be honest im not 100% on this yet because I still can't get the fairing off. But I think I must not have got the oil filter quite as tight as what I thought I did. You see, I was tightening the filter with the wrench through that little hole in the fairing. I could never get that good of a grip on it. But it seemed tight. It seemed all good. Obviously it wasn't all good. It was far from all good. Its possible that I could have unknowingly ruptured some kind of line? But I don't even know if such a line exists to rupture near that area.
I don't think I damaged my engine. The low oil light never came on and the engine wasn't running very long at all. Any opinions on this? Could I have damaged the engine?
I chalk it all up to laziness on my part. If I wasn't in such a hurry and would have done it the "right" way everything would have been just fine. For now on the fairing is coming completely off when I change the oil. But I think I will be letting the dealer handle it next time.
Its going to be mostly sunny and 65 here tomorrow. I was supposed to be meeting up with people at 10am for a ride. Obviously because of my incompetence that is no longer feasible.
LESSON LEARNED.
Edit: I see what happened now. The ring on the oil filer had some how came off. The seal is folded in half on the oil filter. I will see if I can get a pic.
After following the advise of other members in my fairing thread. I decided instead of taking the fairing all the way off I would just get the bottom part undone so I can half way get to the oil filer. Much easier right? Sure seemed that way and it probably is. But hears the thing, After getting the old oil filter off, I got the new oil filter on. Pretty easy so far right? I tightened it down with the oil filter wrench to what seemed pretty tight. I thought that seems pretty tight, now to put in the oil...
I put in 3.5 quarts of oil tighten the oil cap back down and begin to start it up. I hit the button it starts right up, the low oil light went off after a second or two, all seemed right in the world...
CLINK! ZIPP! Wait what was that? I listened, about 5 seconds later, CLINK, CLINK, WHINE!!! I look down and there is about 3.5 quarts of oil pouring out of this thing at the filter. Bam, I shut the engine down. What have I done!?? I thought. What happened?
Well, to be honest im not 100% on this yet because I still can't get the fairing off. But I think I must not have got the oil filter quite as tight as what I thought I did. You see, I was tightening the filter with the wrench through that little hole in the fairing. I could never get that good of a grip on it. But it seemed tight. It seemed all good. Obviously it wasn't all good. It was far from all good. Its possible that I could have unknowingly ruptured some kind of line? But I don't even know if such a line exists to rupture near that area.
I don't think I damaged my engine. The low oil light never came on and the engine wasn't running very long at all. Any opinions on this? Could I have damaged the engine?
I chalk it all up to laziness on my part. If I wasn't in such a hurry and would have done it the "right" way everything would have been just fine. For now on the fairing is coming completely off when I change the oil. But I think I will be letting the dealer handle it next time.
Its going to be mostly sunny and 65 here tomorrow. I was supposed to be meeting up with people at 10am for a ride. Obviously because of my incompetence that is no longer feasible.
LESSON LEARNED.
Edit: I see what happened now. The ring on the oil filer had some how came off. The seal is folded in half on the oil filter. I will see if I can get a pic.