Originally posted by psr View Post
Originally posted by ashwanth.r View Post
@psr

Sir, I have a doubt regarding this -> does the factory fill oil in motorcycles/scooters and then ship to the dealers (or) the first fill is done by the dealer during PDI? Some say factory doesn't fill, but, they have to test every vehicle on the dynamo-meter, no? I know it would be impractical to fill the vehicles with oil, make them pass the test and ship them after draining the oil from each one of them.

May be the very short duration on the dynamo-meter, it is okay to run the engine without oil, i.e., the engine with only the minimum possible lube used during assembly. Please enlighten, thank you !
Engines cannot be run without engine oil as it will lead to seizure due to lack of lubrication. In India bikes are not run on dyno before dispatch..even in foreign countries only high performance bikes are dyno-ed before dispatch.
Traditionally engine oil is filled at ASC and bike may not have factory filled oil. This is done to avoid oil spills, and to ensure proper level before delivery...But different manufacturers follow different ways and so cannot be generalized...