so If u check it after it has been sitting for awhile would the oil be higher or lower I would assume higher?
Get the feeling this new overpriced toy is too complicated? Kind of miss my old fourtrax, never had any issues, and always got me back to camp. Maintainence was never an issue, just change the oil once in a awhile.
I think the most important thing is to read the manual, especially on something so revolutionary! I got caught out on my first oil change as it wasn't till then that I realized that it had two oil plug drains, and accordingly two crush washers were required...
u don't need new crush washers all manufactures say that and we use them again and again never any leaks unless u gouge them or something!! but yeah 2 drain plugs because of the sump crazy huh lol
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I have always reuse them as well. I will occasionally use the new one when they have it taped to the filter package. But I know on my old foreman, it's probably never had the washer changed.
That's funny, I always have reused them in the past, except I read on here that the Honda tech says they NEVER reuse them, so I figured that he knew best! I always change them in my BMW, because I just don't want to deal with ANY issues on it. One of my washers was pretty deformed from factory, so they had cranked it on there pretty tight....
When I had my rig serviced at the 100 mile mark (by the dealer) it started a slight oil leak. They replaced the crush washer to fix it. I don't know if they reused the old one or they got a defective new one when they did the initial service, but they even drove to my house and got it, fixed it, and brought it back. Talk about service.
thats good and bad lol, maybe something I don't know about the hondas with the crush washer? All I know is most all atv and motorcycles say replace them and I never have and have never had a single drop anyone else had leaks?
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