New to 3cyl need help.

[Tirebuster]

Just bought an '06 Venture for a back up and am changing the oil. My problem is how many drain plugs are there on this thing?! It appears that there is only one on the oil tank. I have removed the panel to change the oil filter and expected to find another on there like on the 4cyl models. Thanks in advance.

 

[DaJudge]

Look for the bolt on the bottom of the motor with a copper washer on it. Pull that out and you should drain the remaining oil in the bottom end.

 

[Tirebuster]

Found it. Thanks for the help.
Tim

 

[Vectornut]

When you take the oil filter off, make sure that you also get the O Ring from the old oil filter off of the engine before you put a new oil filter on. Sometimes the O Ring stays on the engine and if you put a new oil filter on, you will have two O Rings in place. Disaster can follow.

 

[yamahas]

When you take the oil filter off, make sure that you also get the O Ring from the old oil filter off of the engine before you put a new oil filter on. Sometimes the O Ring stays on the engine and if you put a new oil filter on, you will have two O Rings in place. Disaster can follow.

X2 Don't forget this.

I also like to clean the screen in the bottom of the oil tank.

 

[canadianhunter]

I also remove the black plastic plug on the valve cover to avoid a vaccum lock that can keep some of the oil from draining.
Not everyone thinks this is necessary, but I proved it to the dealer that it does happen.