Triumph Bonneville Handbook page 68

Maintenance and Adjustment
Warning
The oil may be hot to the touch. Avoid
contact with the hot oil by wearing suitable
protective clothing, gloves, eye protection
etc. Contact with hot oil may cause the skin
to be scalded or burned.
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1. Oil filter
• Unscrew and remove the oil filter
using the Triumph
tool T3880313.
• Discard the oil filter.
• Pre-fill the replacement oil filter with
new engine oil.
• Apply a smear of clean engine oil
to the sealing ring of the new oil
filter. Fit the oil filter and tighten to
10 Nm.
• After the oil has completely drained
out, fit a new sealing washer to the
drain plug. Fit and tighten the plug
to 25 Nm.
• Fit the skid pan and tighten the bolts
to 18 Nm.
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If the engine has recently been running,
the exhaust system will be hot. Before
working on or near the exhaust system,
allow sufficient time for the exhaust system
to cool as touching any part of a hot
exhaust system could cause burn injuries.
• Remove the oil filler plug.
• Fill the engine with oil (see page 69)
until it begins to show in the sight
glass.
• On Scrambler models, a suitable
funnel may be required to add oil to
the oil filler hole.
• Do not overfill or exceed the
capacities given in the Specification
section.
• Start the engine and allow it to idle
for a minimum of 30 seconds.
service
Raising the engine speed above idle,
before the oil reaches all parts of the
engine can cause engine damage or
seizure. Only raise engine speed after
running the engine for 30 seconds to allow
the oil to circulate fully.
• Ensure that the oil pressure warning
light extinguishes
starting.
Warning
Caution
shortly after