[Bearcrawl]

Bought a used 2017 Desert Sled a few months ago. Has just under 6k miles on it and since I have no idea about the history of it, I figured I'd do the oil change 1,500 miles early. Bought the insanely expensive Duc oil... and a new K&N filter. All went as expected. Drained oil, blew out screen, swapped filter and started to fill up. I got 3 of the 3.7L in and she was real full. Started it and let it idle for a couple of minutes and checked the glass. Had to drain about half a cup. I guess the oil cooler will hold some oil but that much? Seemed a little odd. Oil was warm when I drained it and I was very patient. Even tipped bike from side to side to make sure I let it all out. Is this common? You guys getting similar results?

 

[K1W1]

The manual for my Scrambler (Full Throttle) says 3.4 litres. Maybe the DS has a larger oil cooler.
Was the bike on level ground? You said you rocked it side to side but what about forwards and backwards. I have always thought that the drain plug location was not really at the lowest point in the sump when compared to other bikes.

 

[Kattai]

Bought a used 2017 Desert Sled a few months ago. Has just under 6k miles on it and since I have no idea about the history of it, I figured I'd do the oil change 1,500 miles early. Bought the insanely expensive Duc oil... and a new K&N filter. All went as expected. Drained oil, blew out screen, swapped filter and started to fill up. I got 3 of the 3.7L in and she was real full. Started it and let it idle for a couple of minutes and checked the glass. Had to drain about half a cup. I guess the oil cooler will hold some oil but that much? Seemed a little odd. Oil was warm when I drained it and I was very patient. Even tipped bike from side to side to make sure I let it all out. Is this common? You guys getting similar results?

i had exactly the same experience with my FT. i added about 3L of new oil after the old oil was released...

 

[Joooooooosh]

Same here when I changed mine, you can't get all of it out, work tot he level, not your bottle.

 

[Bearcrawl]

Yep, was on level ground. Looks like it’s just the way it is... thanks for all conformations guys.

 

[Jaco]

Yep, was on level ground. Looks like it’s just the way it is... thanks for all conformations guys.

Yup...that is just how it is is.

 

[Marloush]

We were once at a discount service station with one of our diesel trucks. The drive over the mountains and back had left the oil temp gauge at 235°. Rather than wait for the truck to cool down, we had it changed and put in an extra quart of 15W-40 synthetic, then took it for a spin and checked the oil level. Well, that extra quart of oil was beyond the "full" mark -- but we weren't charged extra! When I got https://focusoilfilter.com, I looked up the owner's manual rating on oil level (which is really a guide) and learned that using an accurate dipstick you can use up to 1 1/2 quarts over the full mark without causing problems. As it turned out, this wasn't overfill by much; that dipstick reads off 35w when full or overfull (I checked).