So tonight I drained it. Only 3 quarts came out, and I drained it very well. It was purchased from an individual who had never done anything to it, even riding it very much obviously.
I changed the filter and put 3.8 qts of new oil in it. Went through the normal warmup procedure and got a normal reading after it was cut off for 3 minutes. Given that, it was definitely low on oil from the factory.
Now my question is, how much do you think being .8 qts low for 50 miles would have hurt it. My friend has a similar machine with about the same amount of usage and his runs a little quieter than mine. I believe it's valve ticking that I can hear on mine, where his is quiet on the top end. I'm sure it's okay, but curious if anyone knows how critical thing could have been to any internal engine parts.
I changed the filter and put 3.8 qts of new oil in it. Went through the normal warmup procedure and got a normal reading after it was cut off for 3 minutes. Given that, it was definitely low on oil from the factory.
Now my question is, how much do you think being .8 qts low for 50 miles would have hurt it. My friend has a similar machine with about the same amount of usage and his runs a little quieter than mine. I believe it's valve ticking that I can hear on mine, where his is quiet on the top end. I'm sure it's okay, but curious if anyone knows how critical thing could have been to any internal engine parts.