• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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    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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TC450 oil?

tc450sumo

tc450sumo

Husqvarna
hello!
Am new to the forum so i apologize if I opened thread that allready exsists...
Just traded my 93 honda cr 500 for a 2009 TC450 on supermoto wheels(mx wheels icluded), now I want to change oil but cant find any mauals online, I asked around but some say 10w-40 others 10w-60.
I think I am at the wright place now, so what oil to run?

reguards!
 
Thank you for the answer!
one more thing, why does it backfire so much, got some decent blue flames out in the dark, other than that it runs strong...
 
tc450sumo said:
Thank you for the answer!
one more thing, why does it backfire so much, got some decent blue flames out in the dark, other than that it runs strong...
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If it is backfiring when decelerating with the throttle closed, the the pilot circuit needs richening. Either back the fuel screw out some more, or if the fuel screw is already 3 turns or more out, get a larger pilot jet.

It is normal for there to be some backfiring.
 
Coffe do i check oil level when the bike is cold or warm? cuz on my tt600r and GF fmx650 I have to warm up the bike before cheking oil. It seems the bike is leaking oil a bit on the valve cover at the black tube (left side of the cover), and something is dripping from the airbox on the swingarm(tick black stuff). After 3hours of rideing(with sumo wheels, bike pinned) i had to add 1,5dcl of oil to get it back in the middle of the oil check window. Is that normal for this bikes? thx
 
tc450sumo said:
Coffe do i check oil level when the bike is cold or warm? cuz on my tt600r and GF fmx650 I have to warm up the bike before cheking oil. It seems the bike is leaking oil a bit on the valve cover at the black tube (left side of the cover), and something is dripping from the airbox on the swingarm(tick black stuff). After 3hours of rideing(with sumo wheels, bike pinned) i had to add 1,5dcl of oil to get it back in the middle of the oil check window. Is that normal for this bikes? thx
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Sounds about right.

If there is too much oil it will go into the airbox and drip out the bottom or burn into the intake (you could probably plug that drain hole if you wanted). If there is too little oil shifting becomes notchy, and personally that occurs at about 350 miles so I know it is time to change the oil. Oil does tend to leak out that plastic connector on the right hand side of the valve cover.

Just keep in mind that bike has a *lot* of oil in it compared to other bikes, they are not that picky when it comes to oil level.
 
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