So the day finally arrived. I took delivery of the Tenere in race blu today. Sod's law, the weather was having a schizophrenic episode, so breaking in and first oil change was a bit of a mission.

My question is: Is the oil filter meant to by that noisy? It makes a bit of a racket. I did follow the book and filled in 1.9L, warmed up and filled in the remaining up to 2.6L

Thanks,
DukeNinja

Ok...
the oil filter should make NO noise what so ever...

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Does the oil level read Ok on the dipstick ?

Yes it reads fine. Should I try and get hold of an OEM filter and do another change?

If the filter housing is making a buzzing, or fast tapping sound (like when dodgy domestic plumbing makes noises), then there may well be a restriction, or more likely an air-lock in the housing.

Try first bleeding the oil pump housing by loosening the small bolt on the top half a turn or so with the engine running. Make sure oil flows out.

If that doesn't cure it, the take the filter out and replace. You may well have inadvertently let one of the rubber sealing rings slip and/or get trapped between filter and crankcase causing a restriction in flow. Of course if you used a cheap pattern filter, that in itself could be the problem?

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Thanks Pleiades, that sounds like a better explanation. I'm away from the bike until tomorrow, but what I'll probably do is get hold of an OEM filter today and change it first Hong tomorrow. Is there any way of just replacing the filter without draining the while system?
Thanks again.

Not sure if tenere filters have a bypass but I know for sure genuine yamahaa filters for my WR had a bypass valve . in the event of severe blockage the bypass allowed some oil flow to engine. Maybee bypass is chattering as filter blocked during breakin ??

I once changed the oil & filter on a DRZ but wasn't sure if I'd put the 'O' ring in behind the filter after I'd filled it with oil. Fortunately I have a grassy bank at about 45 degree's in the garden so I laid the bike down so the oil filter cover was pointing up, then removed it & the filter to check. I had left the 'O' ring out. put it all back together without loosing any oil. All was fine. But the DRZ is a fair bit lighter than a Tenere so just watch your back & anything that might break on the bike if you choose to lay it over.

That's exactly what I thought about doing. My garage opens up on a grassy lane, so I might just go ahead and do it. I've just taken a trip to my local dealer and got some filters/oil and bought the centre stand too. Guess what I'll be doing tomorrow! There is only the small ring gasket at the bottom of the filter cover and the other bigger one one the inside of the cover AFAIK, and I'm sure I checked they were in place before I closed the cover.

I just did my oil too. Did you remember to remove both the engine oil drain plug as well as the front frame drain screw. Quite a lot of old oil comes out from the second one. Be carefull as too much oil (ie over the max mark on the dipstick) is as bad as too little oil. I also found the level quite a bit higher when the bike has been idling for a minute or 2 compared to cold oil

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