Oil change - FZR250

[kerryg]

Hooray! I'm so glad I don't have an FZR! Dismantling the bike to change the erl?!? Whatever will those clever Japanese engineers think of next? And I thought having the oil filter on my Pajero above the alternator was bad enough!

I think it was only the very first FZR600 (mine!!! ) which was so afflicted. Not sure about the 250. Then there's the way the carbs are mounted....bastards of things to get at..Yamaha should have stuck with making pianos maybe

[Blakamin]

Hooray! I'm so glad I don't have an FZR! Dismantling the bike to change the erl?!? Whatever will those clever Japanese engineers think of next? And I thought having the oil filter on my Pajero above the alternator was bad enough!

I'm happy i dont have Paul in NZ's Guzzi! you have to take the sump off to change the filter!

[F5 Dave]

Looks like it to me

Course it is, well spotted Celticn06. Right so the oil will drain fully when on the sidestand. Probably just where the manual would tell you.

Seems like those clever Japanese engineers are a bit clever-er than some give them credit for.

[chic 'n' charge]

Well judging from Kerryg s description of removing the exhaust I am damn glad I left mine right where it belongs!!! Unless you have the exhaust off already I'd advise you to leave it too.

For F5 Dave: Fizzer 250 manuals are non existent as far as I can work out. Have searched on the net and had zero luck!!!! All FZR 250s were imported "apparently" and were never released as new bikes here. Unfortunately Some bright bugger forgot to put to put the bloody thing in the crate with the bike when they sent them

[Magua]

Well judging from Kerryg s description of removing the exhaust I am damn glad I left mine right where it belongs!!! Unless you have the exhaust off already I'd advise you to leave it too.

I need to take the exhaust off to get at the oil filter tommorow. Sounds like it's going to be a bitch, I don't even know what gaskets are let alone what to do with them.

[Magua]

Will these fit your FZR250? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...n-15945107.htm

I wish, but those are for a 3ln, I have a 2kr. The 3ln has a wider frame by about 3cm.

[FROSTY:Me]

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[Stevo]

Hi there Magua. Mine is a 2KR as well but it seems your exhaust set up is a little different. My pipes go 4 into two in front of the filterthen go each side around the filter which is in the bottom of the sump. If you do have to remove your exhaust it may pay to have some exhaust cement on hand in case you cannot get things to seal properly. I have found that nearly all parts for my 2kr have to be ordered from Japan (a 3 week wait). At least if you damage any gaskets a bit of exhaust cement may help to seal it back up???? :spudwhat:

A question for you though. My face plate off my fuel tap is missing and I am not sure which way reserve is??? I think it is up for ON, pointing back for OFF and down for RES but just not real sure. I'd hate to find out though. I just know that I can do 200kms on a tank. I have geared mine up though. It had a 56 tooth sprocket on the rear, and I went for a 47 on the rear. (Because I am mainly riding open roads and by dropping the revvs a bit (from 11000 to 9500) it is a lot nicer to ride and a shitload more economical. What does yours have?

[Magua]

This is how I assume it works, can't say I've had to use off or reserve in the last two weeks I've owned the bike. I think the reason for the different exhausts maybe that mine has an exup exhaust. I was thinking about changing the sprocket, but the bike has recently had a new standard sprocket added. It's on my long list of things to do but it's quite a way down the list.

[erik]

Hey Magua, it's kinda hard to see in the photos you posted, they're a bit dark underneath the bike, but does it look like this, or is it fairly different?

I've heard the zeal is supposed to have the same engine as the fzr250, but when I gave a guy in Red Baron the number stamped on the engine (Y-1 1HX 01) he said that it was the same engine as on an older (1985) fz250r.

The side of the engine looks fairly similar, but maybe the bottom of the crankcase is different? From the descriptions it sounds like the oil filter is installed differently at least.

In the picture, '1' is the oil drain bolt/plug, '2' just looks like a hole in the casting that I can't see the purpose of, and '3' is the oil filter.

[Magua]

Similar in some ways, but my oil filter is directly under the bike so you have to remove the 4 into 1 exhaust to even undo the plate which houses it. Oh my god it was hard work, took me and a friend 4-5 hours. Got the exhausts off first, when we did the gaskets just turned into ash. had to pull apart the left rear fairing to get at the exup cable just to loosen it to get the exhaust to the ground. We went out to by a tool to undo the bolt to let out the oil. Cleaned off the plate and unscrewed it to find I had the wrong filter. Just finished around 20 minutes ago. The bike doens't sound much different (if at all) than with the gaskets. I'm guessing they fell apart a long time ago.