Bad Oil change

[dooner17]

My buddy brought his bike here, a honda 2x4 300 and we changed the oil and replaced the filter. I put a little over two litres in it and it came to the line on the stick. I thought I put the filter in right. When we drove it it got really hot and smelled like something was burning. Does anyone know if I did something wrong.

[bigredhead]

make sure the filter went in the same direction it came out !!!!!

I don't have my manual in front of me, but the filter only goes on one way !!!

made sure the drain plug was in tight ?. LOL>

[dooner17]

Yeah theres still lots of oil, a little too much when i checkedit when it was hot. And the filter went in the same as the other one with the rubber seal on the spring. I donno what I did.

[twgranger]

Did you spill any on the motor? The smell might be just oil burning off the motor.

[dooner17]

yeah a little but im prety sure thats not the problem. Im gonna check to see how much oil is suppose to be in it.

[4cylinders]

hey, rubber seal on the spring doesn't sound right.

[bigredhead]

hey, rubber seal on the spring doesn't sound right.


Yeah.. i agree with him..

[dooner17]

yeah but thats how the other one came off. the filter- pressed against the spring

[bigredhead]

if you are sure the old one was like that..

http://www.powersportspro.com/partsfish/displayfiche.asp

This link has a image, but it's hard to tell from it.

Where in NB are you doon ?

[dooner17]

I'm in saint andrews NB. WHere are * from?

[TravEX]

i think the filter is in backwards (like all the others said),,,here's a blow up,,,

[canadiandevil2]

my 300 takes 2.3 litres of oil in the crankcase but i just found out (amazing what you can find out if you read the manual) the diffrential thingie (on the front of the engine) {oh ya its only on4x4} takes 200 ml of regular motor oil

[dooner17]

Ok thats about how much oil i used. Only thing i can think of is filter ib backwards but im sure i did it right and the same way it came out. I'll have to check i guess.

[hondaATCman]

Ok, I just went out and took the oil filter off my Honda 300. If you put the rubber seal against the spring, you put the filter on BACKWARDS. The rubber seal is supposed to go against the filter cover and the circle shaped indent on the other side of the filter (opposite from the seal) is supposed to go against the spring. All I can say is DO NOT run the engine anymore until you make sure the filter is on correctly. If it is put on backwards, it blocks the oil flow from circulating, which means no lubrication. I hope you didn't run it too long already. :cry:

[dooner17]

oh , thanks a lot. we ran it for about 10 min. should everything be alright?

[straight pipe]

turn it around and run it. if there are knocks that's bad. you probably have done some damage...time will tell. my neighbour did the same on his foreman and he had to rebuild the top end, so good luck!

[wanta86r]

I would suggest buying a manualy for 30 bucks or so. Its alot cheaper than a new motor. If you dont know what you are doing you should ask before you do it, not after.

[dooner17]

today I went over after school and turned the filter around. We drove it around the yard for a bit and it sounds good. Filter went in a lot better too.
Thanks for all the help