It has been a while since I posted a blog discussing cleaning our workhorse, and now is the time for a change of oil. Our workhorse changes oil every three months to perform well and last a long time. Our workhorse only travels for more than one hour each day (excluding Saturday and Sunday as our workhouse is used as a school bus). This is actually only the second time that I am going to change the oil of our workhorse since I took over managing the machine. Changing oil is quite tricky when unscrewing the "oil drain plug" on the bottom of the engine itself. Since the oil drain plug is on the bottom of the engine and in an upside down position unscrewing it is in a "clockwise" direction and putting it back will be in a "counter-clockwise" direction. I did not know this at first, and when I already knew, I have quite some time thinking why was the oil drain plug has to be unscrewed in a clockwise direction, as it turns out, the oil drain plug is in an upside-down position, therefore the direction is also reversed. I do not know if it is also the case on most motorcycles, but when I talked to the owner of a motorcycle workshop he told me that all are in a clockwise direction when unscrewing the oil drain plug.

Since this is only my second time changing the oil of our workhorse I already forgot the size of the drain plug so I got all my tools out of my toolbox.

The first time that I changes the oil I noticed that the oil drain plug washer is already deformed so I bought a new one. I learned that this kind of waster is not attracted to magnets. If you put it on a magnet it will not stick to the magnet. I actually bought four pieces of it so in case I am going to need to replace I have some spare to use. The silver waster is the old one which is clearly deformed by the former user of our motorcycle.

And here's the oil that I am going to use it costs $3.90 USD. This is a midrange type of oil in our country in terms of pricing. The cheapest is at about $3.14 USD and the most expensive is at about $4.37 USD and up. The former use of our motorcycle used to put the $3.14 oil, I changed it by buying the $3.90 oil.

Most oldies or veteran users of motorcycles taught me that I have to first secure the front wheel of the motorcycle before putting it to double stand prior to unscrewing the oil drain plug at the bottom of the engine.

Then I put some unused cartons underneath the machine before engaging the double stand. Nobody taught me to put cartons, I was just taught that it will be helpful to catch any oil that may spill when I unscrew the oil drain plug so that the floor tiles won't get oily. The oily floor and floor tiles are quite difficult to clean.

In the photo below I am now beginning to unscrew the old drain plug using one of my back wrenches. Since this is only my second time changing the oil of our motorcycle I am very careful with it not to damage the thread and the old drain plug itself. A couple of swings and the plug are already unscrewed.

Then using my bare hands I unscrewed the drain plug with an empty oil container at the ready to catch the oil that will be drained from inside the machine. This motorcycle's oil is only 1 liter. By the way, most veteran motorcycle users taught me that I should not perform a change of oil if the engine is still hot.

And here it is now after removing the oil drain plug, it will only take about 5-10 minutes before all the oil will drain. But you can also wait for about 30 minutes if you want to drain to the last drop.

After draining all the I put the oil drain plug back with the new washer and it is time to pour the brand new oil. Unscrewing the engine oil cap is quite easy, my bare hands are all that I need.

Then, using a funnel that I bought I put all the brand-new oil into the engine, and that's it, it is done...

That is all for now guys, catch you up with the next one. Wishing you all safety, good health, and abundance.