08-07-2019, 10:51 AM
Hi guys, not sure if its been post before, but it seems oil level are different depend on you stop engine and park on center stand or side stand right away. I had been baffled by my cb100 oil level which fluctuate up and down. Initially i thought the engine have taken in some water hence the oil level increases. But yesterday i have found out that if i have stop the engine and put on center stand right away, my oil level will be lower compare to if i stop engine, put on side stand, after few minutes only put on center stand to check. It seems some oil will be trapped somewhere and never flow back to oil pan if we were to maintain the bike upright position after stop the engine. The difference are quite big as the oil can be at top mark (stop engine on center stand) or overfill the whole sighting glass (stop engine on side stand, wait few minutes and put on center stand to check). The question is which level should we trust?
