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Oil capacity on Italian LI 125 1960

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Oil capacity on Italian LI 125 1960

Postby gunfox » Sat Feb 18, 2017 3:14 pm

Hi All.
In My Haynes manual it states that the gear oil capacity is one & a quarter litres, but I can only get 550ml in before it comes out the level hole, I put it in very slowly, until it starts to come out, then wait about ten minutes before trying again (very slowly) but it shows it full, am I missing something I should be doing?
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Re: Oil capacity on Italian LI 125 1960

Postby Digger » Sat Feb 18, 2017 3:50 pm

1.4 litres is about double what you need - when it comes out the level hole you've added enough.

What you should be doing is binning the Haynes and get Sticky's. ;)
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Re: Oil capacity on Italian LI 125 1960

Postby HxPaul » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:15 pm

700ml from dry (ie.rebuilt gearbox, etc.).500ml wet (ie.oil change)
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Re: Oil capacity on Italian LI 125 1960

Postby gunfox » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:41 pm

Thank you all for that.
Bike is running now, but carb leaks a bit, so just going to buy new one, too old to muck about trying to sort out old one.
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Re: Oil capacity on Italian LI 125 1960

Postby Warkton Tornado No.1 » Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:44 pm

so just going to buy new one, too old to muck about trying to sort out old one.


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Re: Oil capacity on Italian LI 125 1960

Postby byron » Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:17 pm

gunfox wrote:Hi All.
In My Haynes manual it states that the gear oil capacity is one & a quarter litres
:o
pints maybe...
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