08-23-2016, 02:58 AM
(08-22-2016, 11:14 PM)CIP57_imp Wrote: What happens is the system gets air bound, very common with Kawi 1000 motors. You need to burp the system, the procedure is simple, when you install the oil filter hand tighten and then backoff to bleed the air until oil comes out. This is actually a manufacturer suggestion on Kawi's. Your oil light should should go out within 5-10 sec. If it doesn't your still air bound.Never had it happen to mine but you are right about that; apparently some engines are more prone to it than others. Here's more from the forum:
The recommendation is actually to drain and refill the sump before you touch the oil filter at all.
As long as the old filter is still in place, its anti-drainback valve will stop oil drainage through the oil pump (and if it does try to drain back, it will be pulling in oil from the still-filled oil filter and oil gallerys inside the engine, rather than air).
Once the sump has been refilled, there is now not as much siphoning trying to happen, and now you can remove and replace the oil filter.