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Gas in Oil-- How?
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<blockquote data-quote="mcatrophy" data-source="post: 874015" data-attributes="member: 3187"><p>Couple of points -</p><p></p><p>My experience of short runs - 3 mile each way commute, sometimes for several weeks with no other riding, sometimes in very cold weather - is that there is no appreciable change in oil level between 6000 mile oil changes (as we do in the UK).</p><p></p><p>If your bike is smoking, the colour of the smoke says what it is:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">White is usually steam, i.e. water either from a cold start (very thin and short lasting) or a blown gasket leaking coolant into the cylinders,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Blue is usually oil,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Black is excess fuel.</li> </ul><p></p><p>This colour may help diagnose what is really wrong (like the mechanic who worked on your bike?).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mcatrophy, post: 874015, member: 3187"] Couple of points - My experience of short runs - 3 mile each way commute, sometimes for several weeks with no other riding, sometimes in very cold weather - is that there is no appreciable change in oil level between 6000 mile oil changes (as we do in the UK). If your bike is smoking, the colour of the smoke says what it is: [LIST][*]White is usually steam, i.e. water either from a cold start (very thin and short lasting) or a blown gasket leaking coolant into the cylinders, [*]Blue is usually oil, [*]Black is excess fuel. [/LIST] This colour may help diagnose what is really wrong (like the mechanic who worked on your bike?). [/QUOTE]
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