Suzuki 2012 DL650 7500 mile oil change.

[Juvecu]

I have a "clean" funnel for oil, I put it in a plastic bag when I'm done with it and only use it for pouring fresh oil. I have a "dirty" funnel for pouring old engine/fork oil or brake fluid or such into bottles for disposal at the amenities site.

I get what you're saying about the filter torque, it looked too tight for me, but that's because I don't do filters up tight at all. My old filters are that "loose" that I can undo them by hand without problems.

[tallpaul]

I do the same with my funnels. One clean and kept in a plastic bag and another for my dirty barrel. With regards to tightness of the filter, the one oddity I have noticed is that the Suzuki filters use a 1mm pitch thread. Most other filters I've ever come across have a 1.5mm thread. Hand tight should be plenty. The only reason for any torque figure is for standardisation. Your version of "hand tight" may be very different from mine!

[greywolf]

The genuine Suzuki oil filter has a relatively soft, large, round cross section gasket. The spec is to tighten it two revolutions after contact of the gasket to the crankcase. No other brand should be tightened nearly that much.

[Jacko]

Zx6 manual says 20nm for the filter too. It gets hand tight though. I only gave this one 20nm to stick to spec.