I stopped to check my oil after 100 miles and was shocked to see it was only down 3/4 inch from full! I don't know when the end of the oil cable came out of the pump arm, but it must have been for awhile. I had it set to 21mm and everything seemed fine. Has anyone ever had this happen to their SRX before? I'm probably lucky I didn't sieze the motor. I ended up premixing to get it back home.
yamaholic22
Active member
wow, you are really lucky that it didn't seize, shows the durability of these engines, had to have still been getting a little bit of oil (like it was idling). Where did it come unhooked? at the handlebars or down on the pump?
It came unhooked at the pump arm. I was also running amsoil interceptor, which I am crediting for not siezing the motor.
yamaholic22
Active member
whatever the reason, you got lucky 
Hey how hard was that to hook back up. I need to put a longer cable on mine
since i put on a riser. Looks like you have to pull the carbs out.
since i put on a riser. Looks like you have to pull the carbs out.
98srx6
New member
Its easy to hook up...but you do need to pull the carbs, and i also had to remove the rear motor mount that is above the pump.
Just wondering is there is any difference between a 98 vs. a 2000.
I didn't look like I had to take out the motor mount but I could be wrong.
I didn't look like I had to take out the motor mount but I could be wrong.
yamaholic22
Active member
shouldn't be any difference in the oil pumps
98srx6
New member
winger said:
Maybe you wont need to remove the mount.