oil change
 

How often do you change your oil? Also do you drain from the frame and sump or one not the other and bleedind the air too from the filter how about a easy way too with out a mess. The manual says to bleed the banjo bolt too do you just do the filtervscrew . I have a 1990 Xt 600 help would be appreciated thanks

Drain both places, i change at around 6000km, and oilfilter every other oilchange.

Just loosen the little bolt on top of the oilfiltercover, turn on the bike, and wait for oil to slowly seep out.

Yes know but what a mess though. Yamaha could of made or adapted something else then this procedure.

Yes and I have to force that pipe with the banjo bolts on over a bit as it doesnt 100% line up with the bolt holes and the threads on this engine (Mines the TT600RE) are all to easy to strip. These have been some of my gripes with this bike along with the crappy electrics.

How about the filter in the frame under the draining in front, anyone change this? is it easy to get out? Steel filter so i guess you can just clean it.

I've checked my oilstrainer 2 or 3 times in 125.000km, never seen anything in it.

Not that easy to take out, as its on there really tight.

yeah you are right on with that bolt. I tried to get that off and started to stip it and bought a new one fron yamaha so when I do change it I have a new one. I am going to use a electric tork wrench to get her off

They're allen key heads arnt they if you're replying to me and think I started stripping the threads a bit first time I changed the oil and putting this thing back on. And again if if you're replying to me they're not that tight to remove but I have long allen keys plus allen key sockets so not a problem getting it off its lining the bugger up putting it back on thats the problem. Ive said it before on here as a Yamaha man I wonder how Italian this bike is instead of Japanese ??

Sorry replying to xtock

Were talking about the metal oilstrainer in the lower part of the front frame, not the oilfilter/oilfiltercover.

Part no 4:

1990 XT600EA Yamaha Motorcycle FRAME Diagram and Parts

A pic from my bike:

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Yes thats correct, you lost me completely talking about allen key removing this.. I recon this is a secure filter if you drop something down when checking oil level, it shouldnt be any dirt stuck to a filter with that size on the holes, i quess you have to take apart frame in the front to remove it?