| Author | Message | ||
     Austinrider |
Yes, I know the horse is dead. Yes, I did perform a search - didnt find what I was looking for. I know a while back we beat the horse about the synthetic tranny fluid, and the white/creamy color of the Mobil 1 synthetic gear lube. Did anybody every find out what caused this? Reason I Ask is I changed the lube in my bike this past week (engine was still hot) and I noticed that that the fluid was cream/white colored - not the caramel color I was expecting. Anybody know what this is from? Is this normal for this fluid when changed hot? | ||
| Darthane |
I believe that's from water getting into the oil (doesn't make me right, though!). Condensation, heavy rain, whatever. Mine's been like that a few times. I imagine when I get back from Japan and change it for the first time it will, too. Never worried too much about it. | ||
| Brucelee |
Never experienced this with my XB trans and I have been using the Mobil 1 since 225 miles. | ||
| Kevinfromwebb |
Yea, the only time I've seen oil or tranny fluid that color is when water got mixed in with it. I've only changed my fluids a couple of times but I"ve never noticed that. I use the Mobil One also... Kevin | ||
| Dcmortalcoil |
Air. It's foaming. Something in the trans is causing the lube to foam. Most likely from adding additives, or its being contaminated. | ||
| Yeahcmon |
Are you riding the bike less than 15 min at a time? Get it up to operating temp and let the moisture evaporate out of the gearbox. Short rides induce moisture in the gearbox and oil tank. | ||
| Austinrider |
Yeahcmon - Actally, I ride 20 miles each way to work. On the day in question, I rode 6 miles, stopped for 2 hours (saw spiderman 2 after work) then rode the rest of the way home. I literally changed the fluids hot, because I wanted them to be viscous and evacuate quickly from the motorcycle. So, to address your theory, the motorycle had been ridden for approximately 20 - 30 minutes on the highway before the work was performed. | ||
| Austinrider |
Kevin - After you mentioned that I realized that I had ridden that same tranny oil at a rainy track day and its been raining cats and dogs the last 2 weeks in Central Texas, a few of those days I was riding. I will monitor it and check. Im going to have to drain it prematurely here in the next few days to fix a stripped out engine casing thread on the inspection cover anyways | ||
| Blake |
Absolutely moisture in your tranny lube. Might want to take the bike for a longer ride every now and again to boil off the condensation. You might also want to check the integrity of the seal at the clutch cable adjuster boot. It's halfway between the clutch lever and the tranny. If it has slipped down it can catch water and funnel it down the lower cable into the tranny. Don't ask how I know. ![: ]](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/clipart/proud.gif) |
