DS625X Engine Oil & Oil Element Change

The DS625X has its oil drain bolt at the lower left of the engine and its oil element at the front of the engine. Every maintenance table that lists individual items replaces the oil and the oil element together at each service (see Service interval below).

Service interval

The official documents give four different intervals. We cannot verify which is correct.

• Swedish owner's manual: first service at 1,000 km or 3 months, then 10,000 km, 20,000 km, 30,000 km, 40,000 km and onward, or 12, 24, 36 and 48 months, whichever comes first Swedish owner's manual p. 84.
• English owner's manual: 1,000 km, then 7,000 / 13,000 / 19,000 / 25,000 / 31,000 / 37,000 km, which is every 6,000 km, with oil and element replaced at each one Owner's manual p. 89.
• KEL600 engine workshop manual: 1,000 km, then 6,000 / 12,000 / 18,000 / 24,000 / 30,000 / 36,000 km, with a matching month row of 1 / 6 / 12 / 18 / 24 / 30 / 36 months, whichever comes first. Oil and the secondary oil filter are replaced at each one Engine manual p. 21.
• Hungarian owner's manual (machine translated): 1,000 km, then every 5,000 km or yearly, with oil and filter replaced each time Hungarian owner's manual p. 101.

If your dealer works to one of these tables, follow their interval.

Specifications at a glance

Where the manuals give different values, each value is listed with its sources and the row is marked Sources differ. We cannot verify which value is correct.

For winter use the English owner's manual calls for 5W-40 or 0W-40, then a change back to 10W-40 or 20W-50 in summer Owner's manual p. 70. The Swedish manual does not include this note.

What you need

• 3.0 L of fresh 10W-40 oil to the grade above (a 4 L jug covers the change with leftover for top-ups)
• New oil element or filter (the owner's manual requires VOGE original parts)
• New copper sealing washer, and a new drain bolt if you follow the owner's manual (see step 3)
• Socket wrench for the drain bolt
• Cap-shaped oil filter wrench, if your bike has the screw-on filter shown in the engine manual
• Torque wrench
• Drain pan (4 L+ capacity)
• Funnel, rags, gloves
• Oil disposal container

Procedure

The steps below follow the owner's manual p. 66-70 and the KEL600 engine workshop manual p. 30-31. Where the documents differ, each version is given with its page.

1. Warm the engine

Change the oil with the engine warm so it drains completely. Hot oil and a hot muffler can burn you.

2. Park upright, prepare

Stand the bike upright on its parking stand. The Hungarian manual specifies the centre stand on level ground Hungarian owner's manual p. 87; see the technique guide. Stop the engine.

The Hungarian manual also removes the lower spoiler before placing the pan under the drain bolt. The English and Swedish manuals do not mention this step.

Remove the oil filler cap. The English manual says to turn it anticlockwise Owner's manual p. 68; the Swedish manual says clockwise ("medurs", Swedish owner's manual p. 68). We cannot verify which is correct.

3. Drain the oil

The drain bolt is at the lower left of the engine. Place the drain pan under it, remove the bolt and washer, and let the oil drain completely.

The documents give different instructions on what to replace. We cannot verify which is correct.

• English and Swedish owner's manuals: fit a new drain bolt and a new copper sealing washer. Reusing the old ones can cause oil leakage Owner's manual p. 68 Swedish owner's manual p. 68.
• KEL600 engine workshop manual: refit the drain bolt with a new washer Engine manual p. 30.
• Hungarian owner's manual: clean and refit the drain bolt, check the copper washer and replace it if necessary Hungarian owner's manual p. 87.

4. Replace the oil element

After the engine oil has drained, per the owner's manual Owner's manual p. 69:

• Place absorbent paper or a cotton cloth under the element cover so oil does not run onto the engine.
• Remove the oil element at the front of the engine and let the oil drain.
• Fit a new element.
• Refit the cover with the o-ring seated correctly, or oil may leak.
• Check the o-ring on the element cover. If it is not in good condition, replace it.

The engine manual describes the same job as a screw-on secondary oil filter Engine manual p. 31:

• Remove the filter with the cap-shaped oil filter wrench.
• Fit the filter tube joint to torque: 24 N·m on PDF page 31, 27 N·m with Loctite on the head on p. 14. We cannot verify which is correct.
• Coat the thread and o-ring of the new filter with oil.
• Tighten the filter to 12 N·m. The Hungarian manual gives 26 Nm Hungarian owner's manual p. 88. We cannot verify which is correct.

5. Refit the drain bolt

Fit the drain bolt with a new washer (see step 3 for the bolt) and tighten it to 28 N·m.

6. Refill

Pour 3.0 L of fresh oil through the filler port. If you replaced only the oil and not the element, the engine manual gives 2.8 L.

7. Run the engine and check the level

Refit the filler cap. Start the engine and run it at varying speeds for 5 minutes, checking the parts you removed for leaks Owner's manual p. 70. There must be no oil leakage.

The level is read through the sight glass on the right crankcase. The level must be between the UPPER and LOWER marks. The documents give different conditions for the reading. We cannot verify which is correct.

• English and Swedish owner's manuals: stop the engine while it is hot and hold the bike upright Owner's manual p. 66 Swedish owner's manual p. 66.
• KEL600 engine workshop manual: idle the engine for 3-5 minutes, stop it, wait 2-3 minutes, then read the level with the bike upright on level ground Engine manual p. 30.
• Hungarian owner's manual: check with the engine cold and the bike upright Hungarian owner's manual p. 68. After an oil change it warms the engine, lets it cool, then checks again Hungarian owner's manual p. 88.

The English manual notes that the level is higher with a hot engine and lower with a cold one, and that both are normal.

If the level is above UPPER, drain some oil through the drain bolt. If it is below LOWER, add oil. Check the level again after either.

8. Disposal

Dispose of the used oil and element in an environmentally friendly way. Take them to a used-oil collection point.

Common pitfalls

• Wrong oil grade. The owner's manuals require API SL or higher. The engine manual requires API SG or higher with JASO MA and rules out oil marked as energy saving. Oil of the wrong specification or poor quality may damage the engine.
• Reusing the copper washer. The English owner's manual and the engine manual both call for a new washer. The documents differ on the drain bolt (see step 3).
• Wrong oil element. A wrong element may damage the engine. The manual requires VOGE original parts Owner's manual p. 69.
• Drain bolt torque. Tighten to 28 N·m.
• Reading the sight glass on the side stand. The bike must be upright, vertical to the ground Owner's manual p. 67.
• Underfilling with the DS525X's 2.5 L figure. That figure is for the DS525X. The DS625X takes 3.0 L with the element replaced. Too low or too high an oil level can damage the engine.
• Skipping the element replacement. Every maintenance table that lists individual items replaces the element with the oil (see Service interval above).

Cross-reference

The KEL500F in the DS525X uses the same 10W-40 SL grade in its owner's manual Owner's manual p. 70 but a different capacity. Unless a row says otherwise, the figures below come from the DS625X owner's manual p. 87 and the DS525X owner's manual p. 87.

Don't substitute capacities between bikes: 2.5 L is too little for the KEL600.

Sources

• Voge DS625X Owner's Manual (English)
• Voge DS625X Owner's Manual (Swedish)
• KEL600 Engine Service Manual
• Voge DS625X Owner's Manual (Hungarian), machine translated

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