Can you clean an oil filter on a dirt bike?
Take an old spraypaint can’s plastic top, turn it upside down and put the filter in it with the rubber washer up. Pour kerosene (not gas — too flammable) down through the washer into the inside/clean part of the filter until the kerosene is almost up to the top of the washer, but not over.
What to look for in an oil screen?
Magnetic drain plugs and oil filter magnets are also good indicators of engine health. This screen from a different bike doesn’t look nearly as happy. It has large chips and chunks, though this isn’t enough junk to starve the oil pump. This screen is one from inside the centercases.
Where is the screen on an oil pump?
Remove the bolts and pull the cover off of the oil pump. Most likely it will be located with dowels, so you’ll need to wiggle it a little to work it loose. This little screen slides in to protect the oil pump from debris. This one is almost perfectly clean, which is just what you hope you see.
Can you see the oil screen on a bike?
If you have a bike with the screen inside the cases, try to find an opening that will let you see the screen. That will help ensure that your engine is getting the clean oil it needs at the pressure it wants. Whenever you change the oil and filter on your bike, look carefully at the oil filter for chips, chunks or pieces deep in the folds.
Are there oil screens on a four stroke engine?
An engine’s oil pump and the oil screens that protect it are all critical parts of a modern four-stroke that remain largely ignored. Even owners who pride themselves on their maintenance schedule often make this mistake. In the majority of cases the oil pump just whirs along, pumping its little heart out while requiring little to no attention.
Magnetic drain plugs and oil filter magnets are also good indicators of engine health. This screen from a different bike doesn’t look nearly as happy. It has large chips and chunks, though this isn’t enough junk to starve the oil pump. This screen is one from inside the centercases.
If you have a bike with the screen inside the cases, try to find an opening that will let you see the screen. That will help ensure that your engine is getting the clean oil it needs at the pressure it wants. Whenever you change the oil and filter on your bike, look carefully at the oil filter for chips, chunks or pieces deep in the folds.
Remove the bolts and pull the cover off of the oil pump. Most likely it will be located with dowels, so you’ll need to wiggle it a little to work it loose. This little screen slides in to protect the oil pump from debris. This one is almost perfectly clean, which is just what you hope you see.
What should the oil screen look like on a Kawasaki?
These bearing surfaces should appear perfectly clean and not discolored or marred like these are. This is the oil pump on a 2007 Kawasaki KX450F. You need to remove the ignition flywheel to get to it. The good news is that this owner has checked the screen before.