Green/Brown/Yellow Oil?
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03-22-2014, 07:14 PM
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Green/Brown/Yellow Oil?
Hi everyone.
Very new here but I've been riding since 2009 so I'm not new to this.
I have a question about some oil. I went to drain my oil for a routine change on my 2012 Sporty and when I pulled the plug I got this weird rainbow mix of oil. (Picture attached)
Has anyone ever seen this before, and if so what the heck is it?? I have 5 days left on my factory warranty...
Yes, I've changed my own oil many times, but I've never had this.
Help...???
Very new here but I've been riding since 2009 so I'm not new to this.
I have a question about some oil. I went to drain my oil for a routine change on my 2012 Sporty and when I pulled the plug I got this weird rainbow mix of oil. (Picture attached)
Has anyone ever seen this before, and if so what the heck is it?? I have 5 days left on my factory warranty...
Yes, I've changed my own oil many times, but I've never had this.
Help...???
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03-22-2014, 07:16 PM
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03-22-2014, 07:20 PM
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Usually water will just make the oil milky not give it crazy colors so that's why I'm stumped.
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Ha, no kids unless you count my roommate and he wouldn't touch my bike unless he wanted to meet his maker early.
I didn't think about it possibly being my very own home-grown science experiment in the tank. I guess the question now is if that's what it is, how did I grow that and how can I prevent it from happening again?
The oil (and accompanying science fair project) that came out was conventional oil. When I drained it I ran a quart of synthetic through to try to flush out anything else then refilled it all with synthetic.
I didn't think about it possibly being my very own home-grown science experiment in the tank. I guess the question now is if that's what it is, how did I grow that and how can I prevent it from happening again?
The oil (and accompanying science fair project) that came out was conventional oil. When I drained it I ran a quart of synthetic through to try to flush out anything else then refilled it all with synthetic.
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03-22-2014, 09:28 PM
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......I guess the question now is if that's what it is, how did I grow that and how can I prevent it from happening again?
The oil (and accompanying science fair project) that came out was conventional oil. When I drained it I ran a quart of synthetic through to try to flush out anything else then refilled it all with synthetic.
The oil (and accompanying science fair project) that came out was conventional oil. When I drained it I ran a quart of synthetic through to try to flush out anything else then refilled it all with synthetic.
