Ktm Engine Oil Quantity

Ok,

My Manual is saying 3l after oil and filter change

3l in and not registering on dipstick

i know from talking on uk forum that one menber had put 3.8l in after good oil drain and had coveres etc ff meaning all oil was removed.

So i had bike dripping oil for least 1 day and had both side covers off for few days so engine was well and truly dained

Just make sure that you check the oil level after you run the bike. when the oil settles cold it will all drop to the lower tank so the sump has to pull it back up to the upper tank when running to get a proper reading.

Read the manual,everything it has to say about oil changes.

Yours is just the same as all other KTM's of that model.

http://www.ktm950.info/

I hate checking the oil in a dry sump motor.

The technique seems so inaccurate.

My suggestions for dry-sump motors:

After putting in the recommended quantity - go for longer than a 'leak-check' ride.

They seem to require more/longer operation, before the indication becomes correct.

(if you overfill, dont tell anyone )

currently has bang on 3l and did standard ktm oil check but still nto showing u

now i know its similar to the bmw rotax engine and i worked on idea that once all old oil out, correct quantity in and not leaking then leave it and ride bike

http://sdrv.ms/1aelQS4

Cheers for link but its 950 not 1190

Agreed. Too many variables.

Mine takes more than 3L from an oil change, I like mine to read on the half way mark on the stick. If you have put 3L in and ran it for a while and it don't show add some more until it does. Make sure your run it for a bit, then wait a bit to get the reading.

:huh :huh

Ill go for short ride over weekend and give it check
Cheers

It's not rocket science, just have oil in it, and it will run.

Put in 3L warm up and go ride it for 15 minutes. Then come back and put it on the center stand and fill till it's at the appropriate level. Mine usually takes 3.6L when I do filters and all.

seems like same as old rotax, bit of pain.

will take for longer run maybe hadnt it up fully temp

More than that results in oily airbox.
Cheers.

meant get back on this

3l then 20min ride, 1min idle on centre stand and it took 0.5l extra and its not between 1/2 and 3/4 up the dipstick so am happy with it

I'm new here, but the manual says to keep the bike level to check the oil (the bike is not level on the center stand), and to screw the dip-stick all the way in to check the level (and, of course to run it till the temp. reads at least 4 bars).
So that might be the problem?

Well maybe off stand and held up level may be oart the reason so will re check off stand and held level by someone

If over full will rak 200ml out

Ah was curious thats all see if others had similar issues with oul not shoeing up after bike warmed up on stand but not driven

Read ok after driven