TE630 Oil Filling Question

I was sitting here thinking about this, and it's probably splitting hairs...

The TE calls for 1.9 quarts of oil for a full oil change. If I dump 1.9 in there the oil level goes all the way to the top of the sight glass. This is even after running the bike for a bit to let the oil cycle through the system. To get it right between the top and bottom hash marks on the sight glass takes about 1.75 quarts.

Should I be putting 1.9 in there, or should I go off of the sight glass?

You're never going to get 100% of the oil out of the engine when doing a change. It looks like 1.9L is the total capacity, and the difference you are seeing is the residual oil left in the nooks and crannies.

That said, you shouldn't notice any difference with an extra 0.15L of oil :P

Yeah, exactly what I was thinking.

My 610 does the same thing. I put about a litre and a half in it, start it up, let run a bit, then let it sit until the oil stops filling the site glass, then top off to the top line. But you don't have worry, a little more oil is better than it is bad...

do you lean your bike to each side after pull all the drain plugs, oil filter cap and screen cover on lower left side? I found that I could get a few more ounces out this way.

Yep, sure do. I also warm the bike up firs so the oil flows better.

Dropped my TE Oil today.
Leaned the bike over to drain as much of the old oil as possible.
Only filled up with 1.8 Qts as a result of reading this thread.

I just changed my oil and filter and cleaned all the filters on the left side. Took 1.75 Quarts after warming up and leaning the bike at various angles to drain all of the oil possible. At 1.75, oil came right to the high mark on the oil sight glass. 1.9 would definitely put it over. My take is to make sure bike is level and go with the sight glass method.

Yep, that's what I'm doing. Lots of warming up and tipping from side to side with all the various holes open on the bottom of the engine. Then, level it and fill 'er up using the sight glass.

Doing that takes about 1.8 quarts at oil change time. I use a kool-aid pitcher with hash marks on it to measure my oil and pour it in. Beats trying to guess how much I've poured in by looking at the marks on the side of the gallon oil jug.