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How do I remove the wirenet oil filter

Ok I give up, there must be a simple solution to this problem.

Am changing the oil for the first time on my paso and have come to the part where you have to remove the wirenet filter. Got the screw fitting loose ok but can only pull the filter out about 2-3 cm before it hits the chassis of the bike. Am sure the filter badly needs cleaning so am hoping one of you guys can help me, it cant be right that I will have to remove part of the chassis just to remove this small filter.

What is the worst thing that could happen if I cannot remove it ??

Thanks for any help you can give me.

One of the easies questions ever here!

Take that lower part of frame away (4 bolts) and "VIOLA" !!! :funny:

Ps. upper end 15mm wrench and lower end allen bolts... :laugh:

Btw, if U find "metal in oil" from that "hard filter", its ok, probabaly from gearbox and it belongs to near every Ducati(they call that just "Italian character, what hondas dont have"... All smaler stuff come to magnet bolt. :funny:

Thanks Antti

Yep, I knew it would be as simple as that, feel stupid now for asking the question.

I did actually try to remove that part of the chassis but found the 2 allen bolts difficult to get to and found them very stiff so could not loosen them. Will try again now and will remove the brake pedal assembly so that I can get to the bolts properly.

Thanks again for the help

5 mins after writting the above post I went out to my bike and successfully removed the part of the chassis I needed to remove to get to the filter and was able to remove the filter completely.

Can anybody please tell me what is the best way to clean the filter, petrol would be my quess, and as Antti has wriitten there were small bits of metal on the filter, I quess they should be removed but with what ??? a magnet maybe, I am afraid of damaging the filter itself.

Compressed air.....

Antti.... YOU are the man.

Compressed air it is then.

Thanks again

If you have truble putting it back together jack the bike up under the engine. There is tention on that area of the frame and jacking it up brings the frame closer together.

Hi boys, just wanted to say THANX to all concerned in this discussion.
Just browsing through the messages this morning, I read about the wireframe filter problems of our new friend here, and stepped on Antie's (finpaso) remark about metal particles on the filter.
I have just changed the oil yesterday and checked the filter. It was full of shiny metallic Ducati Character.!!! I bacame so desperate, though this was the end of my engine. And today I read your mails.
What a relief, there must be God after all.!!

Thanks.
Friendly regards
Peter - PASO750

most of that metal come from gearbox.... hondas dont have "character", so If You are too worried about that shit, buy honda and try to be happy with it... :funny:

Just a small thought: my 900ss has character, and that character is defined by the characteristic of a large steel oil galley plug backing out of the side of the crankshaft, and slowly eating away the aluminum case.

If you've got steel in your drainpan, it's probably a bearing, maybe transmission swarf. Aluminum shavings looking like fingernail clippings spell big trouble. This was a very common problem on 91-92 900's, not sure if Pasos ever had this problem.

Aluminium goes to normal filter, Steel shit goes to magnet draining plug... That magnet dont take aluminium and in most cases that steel comes from gearbox...Its not normal, that bearing lost metal.... ONLY in "big shit" cases, but then also very many things to do inside engine...

Ah, good point, yes, the fingernail clippings will show up in the oil screen, and in the sump, not on the drain plug itself. And it will ruin your day if it happens to you!

Marinus,

Should I jack up the engine while the bike is on the center stand? Seems like that might unload it, causing the spring to pull it up.

Perhaps you use one or both of those front/rear axle stands?

Don't worry, you don't usually need to move things much to get bolts to slide through.