I had to have my 2015 F3 hauled home from town. When I got to where I was going to meet with friends for a ride, I found out I was leaking oil badly. I determined it was coming from the oil filter. After I got it hauled home I pulled the oil filter cap off and everything looks good. I put the cap back on and it got wet again. It is not cross threaded. I can screw the cap on and off with my hand once I loosen it with a pair of slip joint pliers. The o-ring looks good, but I am going to try replacing it. If y'all have any suggestions, it would be most appreciated.
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Oil leak at the filter - any suggestions?
- Thread starter LarryC
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I think I've got it fixed. When I bought the filter and o-rings locally, they initially gave me the wrong filter. I'm thinking they also gave me the wrong o-ring. Since then, I've bought 3 other filter and o-ring kits. The o-ring with them is visibly thicker than the o-ring I got before. I changed it, fired it up, and there is no sign of an oil leak now. Now I need an o-ring for that filter kit.
JayBros
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For the safety of your investment, you have four options:
https://epc.brp.com/Index.aspx?lang=E&s1=441bf742-56c6-4d7b-9f81-b69368db7385#
to drill down to your Spyder and record the part numbers for all the parts you need to do an oil change.
One of the interesting things I recently learned at the closest Can-Am dealer to my home is that the parts department may not have all the individual parts to do an oil change, because when the service department is doing a change for a customer, they get a BRP oil change kit from the parts department in the same way a DIY customer might buy one with the requisite amount of oil, the filter, all the O-rings, and washers/gasket rings etc. That way, they can keep dung noggin youngsters from mucking up things too badly.
(1) purchase your parts exclusively from your local BRP dealer;
(2) purchase from Bajaron, https://bajarons.com
(3) purchase from Lamonster Garage,
https://www.lamonstergarage.com/?srsltid=AfmBOooolYdRw3EGGZDDjIUw6l9bLX3XmlowfSQCIt3M8BxsWb-PFGo_ or
(4) purchase from other reliable Can-Am online parts facilities, there are a number of companies on the web.
Lastly, don't accept parts, particularly O-rings and metal washers - aluminum in the case of the crankcase plug called the Gasket Ring, or copper washers in the case of the clutch cover plug washer, that don't come in a sealed plastic bag with the part number on the bag as in the attached thumbnail picture of the O-Ring that fits the oil filter cap for the 1330 ACE engine (same PN for F3 and RT). You can also go to this link:https://epc.brp.com/Index.aspx?lang=E&s1=441bf742-56c6-4d7b-9f81-b69368db7385#
to drill down to your Spyder and record the part numbers for all the parts you need to do an oil change.
One of the interesting things I recently learned at the closest Can-Am dealer to my home is that the parts department may not have all the individual parts to do an oil change, because when the service department is doing a change for a customer, they get a BRP oil change kit from the parts department in the same way a DIY customer might buy one with the requisite amount of oil, the filter, all the O-rings, and washers/gasket rings etc. That way, they can keep dung noggin youngsters from mucking up things too badly.
Mikey
Well-known member
You can do that and most of the time you can get away with it! But if you are not checking the used parts well at each time you do that and cleaning all of the mating surfaces you will have a problem sooner or later. The price of a couple washers and O rings really aren't a big deal compared to having to redo something twice because you have a leak in my book! Your bike, your choice!
Little Blue
SpyderLovers Ambassador
Do Not short change your DIY Oil Change.
Nuff Said. Have a Blessed Day.
Nuff Said. Have a Blessed Day.
Just so y'all know, I purchased the filter and the other related parts from a BRP dealer. The filter part number was 1 digit off the correct oil filter part number. It's a 150 mile round trip to get to that dealer. There is a closer dealer, but after researching for a half hour, the parts person gave up and said order the $150 kit or go elsewhere. I went elsewhere. They sell more boats than Spyders/Rykers.
BajaRon
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If you expect your dealership parts person to know what they are doing, you may be in trouble. I hate to say it but it is true. Some know what they are about, but far too many do not. Like many things Spyder. If you don't know more about your machine than the person working on it, well. I'll say no more.
Here is what you need to do. Look up the components that you need on one of the parts fiche websites. BRP has an odd way of listing things where you would never expect them to be, at times. But for maintenance parts like oil filters and O-Rings, it's not hard at all. GET YOUR PART # and go armed to the dealership with that information. If the parts person is good, you don't need it. But if not...
The days of employees being good at their jobs seems to be fading away. If you find one, hold on to them!
As a side note. Some of the best parts people I've ever dealt with were female. Sometimes they didn't get much respect from their male customers because of their gender and stereotyping. Please, don't be that person.
A little respect goes a long way, especially when earned.
Here is what you need to do. Look up the components that you need on one of the parts fiche websites. BRP has an odd way of listing things where you would never expect them to be, at times. But for maintenance parts like oil filters and O-Rings, it's not hard at all. GET YOUR PART # and go armed to the dealership with that information. If the parts person is good, you don't need it. But if not...
The days of employees being good at their jobs seems to be fading away. If you find one, hold on to them!
As a side note. Some of the best parts people I've ever dealt with were female. Sometimes they didn't get much respect from their male customers because of their gender and stereotyping. Please, don't be that person.
A little respect goes a long way, especially when earned.
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