How they change oil in India

[Richard230]

Check out this video showing how they change the oil of a Royal Enfield Bullet in India. Oh that poor engine. I wonder if this should be posted in the Grownup section.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8L_...ature=youtu.be

[notacop]

What was the 2nd fluid used to flush the engine? I know the procedure is similar to what I got from the owners manual for my 1955 Ariel Huntmaster. Drain oil, add a mix of oil and solvent and run the motor a few minutes. Drain and add oil. It was remarkably quiet when kicked over again. That lasted a while and it eventually would get a bit noisy mechanically. But heck, it needed a valve adjustment every few hundred miles. You tell it was time when the bike would bog down a bit when leaving stop signs.
Newer bikes are so much better thanks to metallurgy and design.

[Daboo]

It reminded me of the technology in my 66 VW Beetle. It didn't have an oil filter. It had an oil strainer.

Chris

[Richard230]

I think the first oil replacement was diesel fuel and the second was likely a solvent like paraffin. And what did you think of running the engine with no oil in it and with the drain plugs removed to be sure that you got all of the oil out of the engine? Seems a bit harsh to me. And did you notice all of the junk that remained in the oil pan? That didn't look too good, either.

[notacop]

Yeah, some of it seemed a bit primitive, But it's India. What the heck it works for them. A friend that traveled there said that once you left the modern metropolis you went back a 1000 years.

[Lag]

Interesting, I've never heard of running an Engine with cleaners in it and dry to boot,,. Makes a good argument for changing your oil on regular intervals,,. Who knows what the back story is here, perhaps never changed the oil for years or sitting idle for years with used oil in it,,. Royal Himalayan is probable the right bike for that environment,,!!

[Tims1572]

I believe the fluid he used for the 2nd flush was gasoline that he siphoned right out of the gas tank with the hose and into the oil filler neck.
Its almost comical how much blow by the engine had coming out of the rear drain plug.

[notacop]

I was surprised how many bolts he kept pulling loose. I'da puller the screen when draining the oil.
Don't forget to tilt the bike over on both sides.

[Richard230]

I was surprised how many bolts he kept pulling loose. I'da puller the screen when draining the oil.
Don't forget to tilt the bike over on both sides.

That is what I have to with my Royal Enfield. To get most of the oil out, I have to tilt it back and forth and practically turn it upside down. And my bike doesn't even have the front oil drain plug as that one does. A few years after my RE Bullet was built, the factory discovered (surprise!) that another 500 cc of oil remained in the area under the crankshaft and added a second oil drain plug at that location. If the Indian mechanic used gasoline as the final flush, I hope he covered the spark plug and HT wires well.

[Tims1572]

Well you can see him with the length of hose poked right in through the open gas cap and him siphon it at 4:55 on the video. After letting some gas flow into the engines crankcase at that point he does take out the spark plug and just kicks it over several times to cycle it through to help flush the creeping crud out of the drain plugs again.

[Selden]

In the audio, you can hear him say it's diesel. This was a weird video, apparently flipped more than once, as there appears to be a third drain plug on the left side of the engine in one part, and one the right side in another. Sometimes the drain plugs appear to have right-hand threads, while others are left-hand threads.

The large pieces of metal adhering to the brass metal strainer ("filter" is too kind a word) would be alarming on anything but an Indian Royal Enfield.

Remind me never to ride in India.