Tired of the mess draining the oil makes on the frame? There's a drain plug at the back of the engine under the driveshaft that makes less of a mess when changing the oil. You'll have to put a jackstand or something under the front bumper so all the oil drains all out but it's a lot less messier/easier to clean up than using the bottom plug.

Hope this helps,

 

Yeah, I found that one on my Recon a while back. In fact its all that I used before I found out where the main one is. this was way back before I knew anything about quads and tried doing everything on my own.

 

I asked them about that plug at the dealership when I purchased my Recon 3 years ago because it looked just like the drain plug. The dealership said only one drain plug on the Recon and I let it go and now I have the biggest mess under the Recon.

There is a whole world of weird stuff growing under my engine and they say oil pollutes.

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Does the Recon have a oil filter? if so Where the hell is it? My dads got a recon but he lost his owners manual we looked for about a hour and found nothing but OIL.

 

Thrash,

No filter, just some internal screen.

Never have touched internals yet and my 99 recon has over 350 hours on it.

I change the oil a lot though.

Chet

 

thanks for the onfo on the back drain plug. the wifes 250 has a full skidplate that didn't come with a hole for the drain plug. just jacked up the front and it drained perfect.
thanks.

 

You're welcome Fendercover!