Glad I have an Experia, it takes a grand total of 50ml of oil...that's right a solitary egg-cup full....and it's changed out at 15k km intervals... a single 1L bottle of oil will, "in theory", last 300,000km.
Smithy.
Did you also change it at 1,000 KM (600 miles)? I did mine. Even after letting it drain and drip out all night, that 50 ml almost seems like too much. It will fill the site glass past the very top.
The drain screw is a small Torx-25 screw near the sidestand spring. Kinda difficult to find if you do not know where to look.
This is the oil I used in my Experia.
-Don- Auburn, CA
Hello all, got My Experia back in March and recently did the 600 mile service, bike has about 1300 miles on it now.
When I did my drain and fill, I used the very obvious internal hex drain plug on the side, behind and slightly below the sight widow, and the very obvious fill plug right above. The drain plug is magnetic, has a crush washer, and gear oil came out, tipped on side stand. 50 ml in a syringe took it up to the top of the window, which is where it was from the factory.
I'm curious what t25 torx drain plug you are talking about that is hard to find.
On the oil... Since factory spec is a EU market oil you can't get here, I first tried Redline MTL 85, but that made the gearbox whine louder enough to notice, viscosity was lower that the factory spec at the cold end, probably why. So I drained it and refilled with belray 80w85, which was close to the traxium spec sheet on the low end. Sounds the same now.
(and yes, I need to clean the chain... wish the centerstand was available)