changing inline oil filter

[jcar25]

How hard is it to change the inline oil filter??
(97 gsx) 110 hp i have heard you have to blead the system etc etc.!!!!

thanks jc [img]graemlins/cwm3.gif[/img]

[Bryan Glynn]

It's not hard at all - you just clamp off the oil line above the filter to stop it from pouring out. Replace the filter int he lines, then release the clamp. As long as you don't drain the oil from the line and pump, you don't need to bleed, as the bubbles will just go back up to the tank.

If you do accidentally drain the line to the pump, after you reconnect the line and filter, remove the bleed screw from the center of the pump. Let the oil flow for 30 seconds or so and any air bubbbles will have escaped. Replace the screw and you're done.

[cmeseadoin]

Bryan,

I have the same engine that this guy does, and my ski is just a 96 GSX rather than 97,,,,how often should that filter be changed, I doubt mine ever has??? The oil seems pretty clean to me, but where is the pump located on the motor and how's it work? [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Bryan Glynn]

Good question, I have never actually heard of anyone that had a clogged oil filter. I know I've seen a maint. schedule for them and want to say it's like every 50 or 100 hours, but I'm not sure. Personally I would say every 100 hours or so?

[ScreaminXP]

If I'm not mistaken, the rotary valve engines rotary gear bath recirculates through the tank to some extent when its running.. which could creat the possibility of tiny brass or whatever shavings going back into the oil tank which the filter picks up to keep it out of the engine. True?
I know if the tank is full, the oil bath return line is the same height as the oil level and when its running, I have seen mine recirculate when the gears cause it to move around, which puts some of that oil back in the tank. Otherwise, the oil bath would never get "changed" - which I suppose is okay, since people who run premix just loop that hose and close the system leaving some oil in there. (?)

[Bryan Glynn]

Yes that oil circulates - the left side is the return line. Although if you have brass shavings, you have a problem [img]/graemlins/winkanim.gif[/img]

[ April 06, 2002, 07:48 AM: Message edited by: Bryan Glynn ]