suffolkbiker wrote:
Thanks chaps. Great advice.
I think i'm misunderstanding somewhat the way the dry sump system works.
so I'll do a bit more reading.
As I understand it the pump delivers high pressure oil to the engine bearings but also it scavenges and returns oil to the reservoir.
I was thinking I could somehow intercept this return oil by opening up a hose somewhere. Gently turning the engine over on the starter ( spark plug removed) should ejecting the remaining oil.
But it might be simpler just to adopt one of the advised methods above.
Here's a relatively crude explanation:
Most of the oil is, in normal circumstances, held in the frame. Oil gravity-feeds to the sump. The oil pump picks it up and it is pumped at high pressure through the crank and filter, with some being tapped off to the top end of the engine. The high-pressure line eventually exits at the top of the oil tank, and the oil flows down through the tank and back into the sump.