Name that fluid
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From: Middleburg
Name that fluid
05 883 Sporty
Light yellow almost clear fluid leak
Changed oil and filter
Changinging primary fluid
What started as a slow leak of about quarter size how now spread to covering the floor under the bike. Garage floor is clean and with rain lately been sitting 2 weeks.
Can't identify fluid and only fluid besides dog pee that looks like same color is brake fluid
Any suggestions as to what to be looking for and what fluid to use for tranny and primary replacement.
Thanks
Light yellow almost clear fluid leak
Changed oil and filter
Changinging primary fluid
What started as a slow leak of about quarter size how now spread to covering the floor under the bike. Garage floor is clean and with rain lately been sitting 2 weeks.
Can't identify fluid and only fluid besides dog pee that looks like same color is brake fluid
Any suggestions as to what to be looking for and what fluid to use for tranny and primary replacement.
Thanks
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I assume you can distinguish between and oily fluid or not.
Well, if it is not oil, and does not smell like gas (which should be pretty evident sign), you're left with brake fluid, which you might want to get off your bike pretty quickly.
Well, if it is not oil, and does not smell like gas (which should be pretty evident sign), you're left with brake fluid, which you might want to get off your bike pretty quickly.
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From: Boynton Beach, FloriDuh
Color isn't much help here as different brands of oil vary in color and brake fluid changes color as it ages. DOT 5 brake fluid for instance starts out purple and turns to amber.
With that much fluid on the ground, it shouldn't be very hard to see where it's dripping from.
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With that much fluid on the ground, it shouldn't be very hard to see where it's dripping from.
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