Identify Blue Fluid Under '09 FLTR
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Identify Blue Fluid Under '09 FLTR
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I was taking my 2009 FLTR Road Glide down from winter storage this afternoon. As I lowered the bike down from the frame lift I use to keep the tires off the ground I noticed a BRIGHT BLUE fluid on one of the lift rails and about a quarter sized driblbe down on the garage floor. The substance definitely had an oil-like consistency but I have never seen BLUE oil before so not sure.
Just for background I put the bike away in the early winter after doing a complete fluid change/refill in all three holes. I'm using AMSoil 20/50 synthetic in the engine, Redline heavy shockproof in the tranny and Amsoil 20/50 dino in the Primary. None of those products is blue (the Redline is bright red!) What did I have leaking over the storage months? I'm hopeful it was just rundown from putting on a new filter with the change but can't figure out why the blue color.
Does oil undergo some sort of color change if left exposed to the air or cold for periods of time? This stuff might have sat for a couple of months for all I know.
Thanks in advance for any insight!
I was taking my 2009 FLTR Road Glide down from winter storage this afternoon. As I lowered the bike down from the frame lift I use to keep the tires off the ground I noticed a BRIGHT BLUE fluid on one of the lift rails and about a quarter sized driblbe down on the garage floor. The substance definitely had an oil-like consistency but I have never seen BLUE oil before so not sure.
Just for background I put the bike away in the early winter after doing a complete fluid change/refill in all three holes. I'm using AMSoil 20/50 synthetic in the engine, Redline heavy shockproof in the tranny and Amsoil 20/50 dino in the Primary. None of those products is blue (the Redline is bright red!) What did I have leaking over the storage months? I'm hopeful it was just rundown from putting on a new filter with the change but can't figure out why the blue color.
Does oil undergo some sort of color change if left exposed to the air or cold for periods of time? This stuff might have sat for a couple of months for all I know.
Thanks in advance for any insight!
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I thought about that but it didn't feel anything like brake fluid and it was too thick. Again, this had a definite oil-like consistency and feel to it on my fingers. No real odor.
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Syn brake fluid....like the guy said, rear brake. Don't just stomp on the brake and fool youself because it's tite-it soon won't be tite and you will either slip your rear tire on the fluid while riding or not be able to stop, so consider it a priorty of sorts.
If however, you see green fluid puddled under your bike, it's infested with Martian Gremlins and I'm the only guy on Earth that can deal with it.
If however, you see green fluid puddled under your bike, it's infested with Martian Gremlins and I'm the only guy on Earth that can deal with it.
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Guys...I know what brake fluid looks and feels like. Because it is hydroscopic (absorbs moisture) it has a very distinct feel to it. This was thicker and slippery just like oil. It wasn't from the lift either as there was residue on the bike bottom. My lift is a basic bottle model and the bottle is nowhere near where the fluid was.