When this happened to me:
1. Water from having the bike sit for too long.
I just got home from riding the thing. The oil was clear.
2. Coolant getting into the oil
It hasn't happened since.
3. Illegal aliens
I don't think so
4. Space aliens
We're not talking harley's here.
5. Problems from mixing synth and dino oils
I didn't mix synth with dino but I did mix oils. I hadn't seen this before
on my bikes but I remember the old v w beetle always had white on the
dipstick in winter.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Stan [SMTP:sm@...]
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 12:23 AM
To:
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Milky Oil
That the oil turns milky from water condensate or coolant contamination,
and in the former case can clear up nicely after a long ride, is common
knowledge (or so I thought).
On the other hand, attributing this to the mixing of synth and dino
oils, which per the oil makers is safe to do, seems like an unreasonable
thing when a perfectly commonplace explanation is available and has not
been discounted.
I would propose the following usual suspects, in order of decreasing
likelihood:
1. Water from having the bike sit for too long
2. Coolant getting into the oil
3. Illegal aliens
4. Space aliens
5. Problems from mixing synth and dino oils
-S
Jeff Saline wrote:
>Greg,
>
>I'm betting it's not water in your oil. I'm thinking it's the synthetic
>oil mixing with the dino oil. I don't know why I'd think this other than
>you didn't have an issue before you did the oil change and you didn't add
>water. Did you? I didn't think so. : ) I'm betting that if you let
>the bike sit for a day and then run it a similar distance and check you
>may have the same milky coloring. Maybe the reason it got darker than
>normal is the synthetic oil does a better cleaning job than pure dino
>oil. I don't use synthetic oil but I'm thinking it's not the best of
>ideas to mix the two when you don't absolutely have to. If this was my
>bike I believe I'd drain the oil and add only one type of oil in the
>correct amount. Yup, I have an idea how expensive that stuff is but I'd
>rather do that than end up with engine problems. What engine problems
>you may ask. I'll answer with I really don't know but... I'm not will to
>take a chance with my engine. I've mixed engine oils before and never
>had a problem that I could identify to engine oil. But sometimes the
>problems aren't obvious and may be accelerated wear which shows up after
>a significant amount of time. Or it could be seal leakage which could be
>mistakenly attributed to a worn seal instead of synthetic oil.
>
>Oh, in shop class back in the 70s I was asked by the instructor to add
>oil to an engine a class had just finished rebuilding. I asked if I
>needed to install or check a filter or drain plug. He assured me it was
>ready for oil and to just add 5 quarts. Over 4 of those quarts went onto
>a nice tile floor. : ) I think the class that told him it was ready for
>oil paid to replace the wasted oil. I just got to clean it up. Four
>quarts of oil makes a very large puddle.
>
>Best,
>
>Jeff Saline
>ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal
>Airheads Beemer Club
www.airheads.org
>The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota
>75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT
>
>
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