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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 09:33 PM
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Is where the high and low oil levels would be on a 2008 rubicon CTE????
 
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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ur oil level should fall some where in the upper flat section of the dipstick topside being high lower side being low for oil level
 
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 10:26 PM
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ok

after a 100k run today i noticed it dropped to the bottom of that large flat section......maybe even a bit below.

bike has about 200k now on it...........change oil light did come on today aswell so will be doing that tommorow....

Is it normal for a new machine to burn or loose a bit of oil like that during break in?
 
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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koolaid beat me to it, i just went to the garage for my shop manual.
 
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 10:32 PM
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what about this loss of oil or burn of oil?

Kinda bumming me out a bit

Was at top when i check before run today.......

now is at bottom of that big flat .......
 
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 10:45 PM
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my book saws check when warm but not hot or you will not get an accurate reading. Maybe the problem is as simple as that
 
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 10:49 PM
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i checked as they instructed in book aswell.

its down from start of day for sure.....

did drive along at 65kph-70kph for about 20mins today getting to trail..........
That cause any issues?
 
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 10:57 PM
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you got me man. I have only put 1hr on my rubicon since i got it last week. Going riding sunday tho
 
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 11:00 PM
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1hr.........i put that on first night [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

Ride mine everyday..........

was a really nice ride today!!

was actually over 100k run.....
 
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 11:00 PM
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make sure u check oil level with out screwing dipstick back in just dip it in to the threads
 
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