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oil change bubbles
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:31 am
by needleman_a
So, I have a brand new A18 with 60km on the clock. Last night I did the
first oil change it seemed to go smoothly. I started it up the next
morning, let it run for a couple of minutes turned it off and let it
sit for a minute and checked the oil level. I was surprised to see the
oil was a opeche light yellow. On closer inspection It was full of
thousands of little bubbles! I worked on cars and trucks for years but
not many motorcycles and I have never seen oil do that. I let the bike
sit for 10 min and the oil went back to normal. The oil is Kawasaki 10W-
40 brand aswell as the filter. Did I overfill? any Ideas? Am I an idiot?
thanks,
Ajn
oil change bubbles
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:13 am
by John Kokola
You overfilled is my guess.
--John Kokola
> -----Original Message-----
> From: needleman_a [mailto:rahlex@...]
>
> Did I overfill? any Ideas? Am I an idiot?
>
oil change bubbles
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:27 am
by Rodney Copeland
Mine does it also when I change the oil and filter. (GTX 20-50)
I think it's just the air in the filter getting mixed with the oil
after a new one is installed.
If you didn't put more than 2.5 or so in the case, with a new filter,
you prolly didn't overfill I'm thinkin.
Ain't no thang,
Rod,,,,26,000 in two years
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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "needleman_a" wrote:
>
> So, I have a brand new A18 with 60km on the clock. Last night I did
the
> first oil change it seemed to go smoothly. I started it up the next
> morning, let it run for a couple of minutes turned it off and let
it
> sit for a minute and checked the oil level. I was surprised to see
the
> oil was a opeche light yellow. On closer inspection It was full of
> thousands of little bubbles! I worked on cars and trucks for years
but
> not many motorcycles and I have never seen oil do that. I let the
bike
> sit for 10 min and the oil went back to normal. The oil is Kawasaki
10W-
> 40 brand aswell as the filter. Did I overfill? any Ideas? Am I an
idiot?
>
> thanks,
>
> Ajn
nklr650 - places to ride . . .
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:48 am
by George Basinet
Good morning, I'm probably the last to know but Google Maps is offering
satellite maps of the World, I guess. I can zero in on my neighborhood
or the Rio Mulege in Baja. Maybe we can find Fred's new building in Moab.
George, high above
Escondido, CA