• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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oil change on te 350

K

kiwidip

Husqvarna
Hi chaps just took delivery of 1992 te350 or 3xe as Rancher1 pointed out, thankyou! Now iam keen to change oil, but can't see where the sump plug is, only thing I can see is a banjo bolt on right hand side of motor with an oil line feed going to base of barrell, is this it? And would a good quality semi synthetic 10w40 be okay? I have no w/shop manuel yet, fantastic looking bike, hoping to restore it ,and then do some hare scrambles, and flat terrain motocross on it,cheers.
 
On the right side, middle of case, between the ignition cover and countershaft cover you have the oil line connection. Remove banjo style plug and line. In years past it was just a magnetized sump drain plug. You should be able to find a manual for that bike. Found one for mine on Ebay
 
Thanks Hardcorehusky,we got the same bike I see, yes spotted a Manuel on eBay,can't wait till it arrives, what oil are you using and how much? Iam use to the map bikes where the cc oil is stamped on casings, could measure what comes out I suppose, there is a site glass, but it's very black, hard to see.
 
The manual calls for 3.8 pints (or 1800c.c.) I've been using Klotz synthetic 10w-30 as that's what I had a supply of up to now. Typically I use Spectro Gear Saver 10w-30 as there's a KTM dealer not too far and is reasonably priced. I think it would be agreed by many it's not what oil, but how often you change it that matters. And, I forgot to add: after you remove the oil line banjo, you then remove the big bolt along with gasket and filter. The manual is pretty informative. Just about covers everything from fork teardown to complete engine overhaul
 
Okay, so the filter is behind the banjo bolt? Must be small, is it a steel gauze thingy? I always change my oil after every 2 rides, or every race meet. Gotta say its my second bike with a left hand kick start, had an 86 ktm 250 exc, but two strokes are easy anyway, iam after an 88 husky 400 enduro two stroke, man what a wespin, very few ever came into NZ.
 
I use motul 5100 10w50 ester and change it every ride ( 10 hrs max ) I swear I can notice the gear change gets less smooth towards the end . ( may be the voices in my head though ) . Refill to the middle of the sight glass mounted in the left engine case with the the bike vertical , if your sight glass is dirty have a think about removing the side cover for a clean and a look around . Being able to check oil level at a glance out on the track is a big plus in my book . Using the oil strainer port to drain the oil will mean you need to lay the bike on its right side to get as much used oil out . The TE 610 also has a female 10 mm sump plug at the bottom of the engine , it has a magnet attached to it . Find any big chunks of ferrous metal on this and you know you have trouble . I always find a bit of black sludge which I believe is normal , might come from the clutch .
I check and clean the stainless steel strainer every second oil change , what I don't like is how small the 2 retaining bolts are , I use a small torque wrench on them so I do not strip them , they take next to nothing . Take the sump guard off and see if you a sump plug ( total Dia about 20 mm )
 
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