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Bernd
Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 06:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Picked up an '00 M2 last week. 7 thou. miles. Service records indicate regular oil changes. The tranny fluid that came out today was the vilest gray poopon I have ever seen! Does old Sport-trans fluid look like that normaly? And the primary chain had way more than 1/2" slack. Is there a silver lining?
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Zenfrogmaster
Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 06:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

There's probably a lot of moisture built up in the fluid - had the bike been ridden regularly before you bought it? New fluid and a quick primary chain adjustment and you should be good to go.
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Beachbuell
Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 07:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

You've got water mixing in there with the fluid.
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Bernd
Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 08:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Doh! But of course! The bike wasnt ridden at all last year. I adjusted the primary chain per manual but I gotta get an "O" ring before I add the new fluid. Thanks.
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 10:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Just reuse the O-ring.
Unless you wreck it, it will work several oil changes.
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Iamike
Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 10:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I had gotten water in mine a few times with the same results. Never could figure out exactly how it was getting in but after I changed both cover gaskets (o-ring) and moved my cable adjuster boot down over the crimp (a topic in the KV) I didn't have that problem again. I just learned to check the oil anytime I'd ridden in hard rain.
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Bernd
Posted on Monday, June 02, 2008 - 05:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Natexlh1000-"O" ring was knarled up pretty good in one section. Coulda put it in at 12 oclock and tried my luck.....
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Jos51700
Posted on Monday, June 02, 2008 - 08:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

You should probably verify proper transmission vent hose routing, while you're there.

I would probably change oil, get a good 20 mile ride in, and change it again just to get the residual water out, too.
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