Phillip Vazquez thanks for watching and great my video will help you save some money.

Always like hearing my videos help other save them some money and also seeing them do the job themselves. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Whaaaaaaat. Who was going to charge you 1,000$ for an oil change.

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You can buy one I. Harbor frieght.

Yea leon that bolt has little room for a regular open wrench what I ended doing get a cheap open end wrench and grinding down a little bit to fit. So now I use it on every roadliner I work on. Thanks for watching and subscribe to the channel for future video's if you haven't yet thanks again.

Yes, my 2006 is the same way with three drain plugs. I use a 17mm combination wrench and a mallet to loosen them. Without a floor jack to raise the bike up, I prop the kickstand on a block then strap the bike to my wife's car so the bike won't tip over. "Pain in the back, Yamaha."

A chrome Habor freight Box end is perfect fit. It is bent at a steeper angle than my craftsman.

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Phillip Vazquez yes you can synthetic is the best to use always change at 5000 miles that's the starting point of oil breakdown for synthetic.

make sure that mobile one is for v twins. dont put automotive oil in the bike. it has chemicals in it to make it slippery. not good for wet clutch. almost all synthetic oil manufacturers sell v twin now.

Phillip Vazquez if you look at the little glass and it show like half you should add some till it show full. Only use dot 4 brake oil only also if you see oil yellow or darker then do a flush on the system. Be very careful when adding dot 4 oil cover gas tank and the left side of bike and keep extra rags dot 4 oil will stain paint, chrome, rubber everything it makes contact.

That bike I no longer have I went through 3 bike already after that one

Phillip Vazquez all 3 bolts are 17mm

Phillip Vazquez you can use a swirly socket like I used on video best for drain #2 and #3. Drain #1 is the reserve tank were oil is stored #2 & #3 oil in engine two different compartments. Now I don't recommend just draining two locations what you can do is have a friend or wife to hold bike level to get to the drain nut and drain it that's what I use to do before I got lift. Your bike won't go bad the way you did it but you contaminated new oil with old oil on your next oil change ask someone to help leveling bike for you. Hope this will help you for future oil change.

@@franklisatravels9651 Hello friend, I've had mine since new in 2006. I used a 17mm combination wrench to remove the 2 drain bolts. This latest oil change I supported the kickstand with a block and then used a bungee cord wrapped around my wife's car next to the bike to avoid tipping it over. I used a mallet to punch the wrench enough to loosen the plugs.

Phillip Vazquez #2 is a little tricky on some other roadliner requires a thin wall 17mm but if you slightly tap with hammer it should go in. Yea also the angle of bike on kickstand won't help also.

Phillip Vazquez yes hydraulic clutch takes brake oil Dot 4 only.

Daniel Galli I also did the transfer case oil also that's on an other video come up. Thanks for watching, commenting and subscribing to the channel...

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Phillip Vazquez I don't know which stratoliner you have but you could see yourself in front of your bike were the oil filter is at it you see a small radiator looking then you have the one if you don't then it's air cooled.

Frank & Lisa Travels I think I have the midnight stratoliner

Phillip Vazquez i believe they are all air cooled same engine on the new venture.

Ok because man yesterday I sure got hot under 90 degree weather 👍

Ok thank you I had great ride yesterday after changing all fluids. I just see it's really difficult to take tank off . I do time I will get it I'm just trying to install the 12v charger that goes on the handle bars

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Phillip Vazquez well l believe you checked inside the hole with flashlights an can't see it. Try this maybe can help ?? Leave the oil plug off at the bottom an look inside for it maybe it will give a better view.

Frank & Lisa Travels ok I'll try doing that know that I have a mirror also and yes I have all 3 bolts off Spence yesterday.

Well that didn't work I tried this is very exhausting .I really believe that it's not gonna move it's a pretty long needle

Phillip Vazquez well you have 2 options ( 1 ) option tear engine apart and get it out. ( 2 ) option is leave it in because a 6" long it shouldn't go anywhere hopefully.??? If it travels should go to the filter first. Maybe feel the oil line to the filter maybe it in the hose

Frank & Lisa Travels it's staying in there because I'm not gonna tear engine apart ok I'll keep checking but I don't think it's gonna move pretty hard needle

Phillip Vazquez if needle fall into oil fill tank then you need to remove oil tank after you drain it out first. Don't start engine at all it going to be some work but you need to get it out. Best to let oil drain out overnights every drop is out then stick a magnet stick and try to locate it.

Frank & Lisa Travels ok wow I guess I will have to figure out how to remove oil tank it's about 6in long the needle.

Once all the oil is drain out you could probably see the needle with a flash light and pull it out with a magnetic stick

Next time if you add to much oil just open drain 1 and let some oil out..

Frank & Lisa Travels it's pretty long a say about 5 to 6in so I'm sure I didn't move very far so I guess this will be the 3rd time I'll empty oil out how do I remove the oil tank then because I have the slitetes clue. I'll drain oil and I suppose I will have to wait next day then?? To try taking out the metal needle peace

Sorry about that. I used Castrol synthetic 20/50 oil

Oil filter size is S6017A (Fram, STP, Yamaha brand, etc.)