• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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Te449 how often do you top up oil??

Yurii said:
Shovelhead85,

Thank you a lot for very informative explanation. Every day we are learning something new..

What do you think about the way of checking oil level described above? (to check after the short ride, not after min on idle)
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well, I'm not a 449/511 expert by any measure (that goes for the 310 too, I suppose). What does the service manual say (more trusted than the owners manual)?

My feeling is that if I see oil anywhere in the sight glass on a cold, level bike- I'm probably okay. IIRC, half way up the sight glass was the maximum level, and the bottom of the glass was minimum. And there is probably about 100ml (3oz) difference between 'em.

these motors really hate too much oil... but too little can be worse.

check your spark plug and exhaust for oil residue to confirm you're burning oil or not- there's a good chance you are NOT. And you may not lose any more oil in the next 200km. also, losing 50-70ml of oil in 400km (~2oz in 250miles) would not be consider excessive "back in the day". With modern engines, it might cause a little concern, but not any panic. Ride it; keep an eye on the oil level.

Try the Zip-Ty Racing solution; and if that's hard to get in Ukraine I'm sure you could rig up a homemade solution (remembering that I believe it's crankcase turbulence & vent location that is the primary problem for this model)
 
The workshop manual says:

Oil level depends on oil temperature. The higher the temperature, the
higher the oil level inside oil sump. Should oil level be checked with the
engine cold or after short runs, wrong readings may be taken, with consequent
wrong topping-up.
- Start vehicle as described in the relevant section, let it run for approx. 3 to
5 minutes so as to warm engine up.
- Turn engine off.
- With the vehicle in a flat ground and in vertical position, check oil level through
the inspection sight glass (1) positioned on engine right casing.
Make sure the level is in between the MIN and MAX notches.
- To top up, remove filler cap (2).
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