oil levels

[HFbmw]

howdy!
I purchased a 95 k1100RS on the 25th of July. Changed the oil last week and also both tires. This weekend decided to change the coolant.
After getting that done I decided to check the transmission oil. I notice the tool kit doesn't have the grooved line on the shock tool for checking the oil level. Well anyways the 90 weight was too high up the lever! So I dropped that oil right away and went out and found some Mobile 1 90 weight for refilling.
I measured the old batch of oil and the poor tranny had over 45oz!

Moral of story? Always change the oil and do the work! Better to have a clean slate, eh?

tim lindstrom
91 k100lt 136,000+ miles
95 k1100rs 23,700 miles

 

[cjack]

howdy!
I purchased a 95 k1100RS on the 25th of July. Changed the oil last week and also both tires. This weekend decided to change the coolant.
After getting that done I decided to check the transmission oil. I notice the tool kit doesn't have the grooved line on the shock tool for checking the oil level. Well anyways the 90 weight was too high up the lever! So I dropped that oil right away and went out and found some Mobile 1 90 weight for refilling.
I measured the old batch of oil and the poor tranny had over 45oz!

Moral of story? Always change the oil and do the work! Better to have a clean slate, eh?

tim lindstrom
91 k100lt 136,000+ miles
95 k1100rs 23,700 miles

I heard somewhere of someone filling one up to the filler hole...I think on this forum.

 

[ted]

The tool for the tranny level in the K11 did not come in the tool roll (at least in any I have come across.) Luckily it is cheap ($5?) and as far as I know still quite available - I ordered mine from Morton's BMW. It looks like a flattened allen wrench and fits right in the tool roll.

EDIT - I believe the part # is 71112316195

 

[cjack]

The tool for the tranny level in the K11 did not come in the tool roll (at least in any I have come across.) Luckily it is cheap ($5?) and as far as I know still quite available - I ordered mine from Morton's BMW. It looks like a flattened allen wrench and fits right in the tool roll.

EDIT - I believe the part # is 71112316195

Mine looked like a shock adjustment tool, with a line on the handle for the level. But I see the one you refer to in the ETK. Didn't know about that one.

 

[ted]

Mine looked like a shock adjustment tool, with a line on the handle for the level. But I see the one you refer to in the ETK. Didn't know about that one.

That's the way it worked on my K75S. When I got the K11 and saw the same included tool had no line I tried the one from the K75S but I never could get it to fit in there enough to actually get a correct reading. I asked on the IBMWR list and found out about the specific tool.

 

[PHMARVIN]

My '96 K1100LT came with the tool in the roll. My '95 (used, so the PO may have lost it) had neither the tool nor a line on the shock tool. I just measured the distance and the "max" mark is 4 9/16" down the tool and the end of the tool (min?) is 4 13/16" from the "L" bend.