| Author | Message | ||
     Badrap |
I was servicing my bike and drained the oil and transmission, everything looked normal, replaced the filter and drain plugs. Unscrewed the oil filler cap and there it was. Looked almost like mold but it was that milky stuff on the cap. I’d never seen this before on my bikes oil cap. I was like, what the heck, so I then stuck my finger into the oil tank and wiped it around only to find more of the same. I thought it was weird since the oil itself was black like expected. I’m guessing this is the result of the bike being ridden on a short trip to get the oil a little warmed up just prior to the oil change. The tranny was fine even though I’ve seen multiple posts about people having the same moisture problem in the tranny. I just thought I’d share my story of goo with you. | ||
| Swampy |
Short trips are hell on engines especially in cold weather. You have to get them to operating temperatures and run it like that for 30 minutes or so to get rid of the condensation. Or change your oil more frequently..... | ||
| Electraglider_1997 |
Stuff a rag or tape off the oil cooler so the engine can warm up faster. No need for an oil cooler at 50 F degrees or less. | ||
| Schwara |
Electraglider - I think that I've seen you post about this before. Do you literally just stick a rag in the scoop for the oil cooler and then leave it there or do you just do this as you let the bike warm up? | ||
| Electraglider_1997 |
It's there until next spring on my and my son's bikes. Your engine oil doesn't need the extra cooling of that finned oil cooler during cooler weather. It's hard enough to get that oil up to operating temp when temps get below 50 F outside and it gets worse when you consider that most of us just don't care to ride for very long when it's cold out. Notice how big rig semi drivers cover their radiators in cold weather to adjust the cooling capacity of their radiators. Normally I've taped mine over but others have said they just stuff a rag in there so that is what I did a few weeks ago. Even so, it's still hard to get that oil temp up. Maybe I should drop a blue pill into the swingarm tank. | ||
| Whisperstealth |
I just did my 30K oil change. While at it I rolled up two Good Ol' red rags and shoved them in the scoop. They will come out in april. Also noticed that there was NO little metal shavings on the magnet drain plug for the first time. I'm taking this as a sign the engine is worn in and the oil is doing it's job. | ||
| Skinstains |
I was taught either 20 miles or 20 minutes to keep an engine dry. This was many moons ago but I bet it's still pretty close to what modern stuff needs. |
