water in oil
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gunshot
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water in oil
Hello to everyone, new member and new owner of a 1988 zn1300 voyager,the bike has been sitting for about six months and started about onetime a week,when I changed the oil it looks like it has water in it is there anywhere it can get water besides a head gasket TKS
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Ozymandias
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Re: water in oil
If you were starting it once a week, unless everything came up to full operating temperature for a reasonable period of time, I would say that ordinary condensation is probably the culprit. As asked above: is it water or antifreeze?
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Me Again
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Re: water in oil
That was my thought also.Ozymandias wrote:If you were starting it once a week, unless everything came up to full operating temperature for a reasonable period of time, I would say that ordinary condensation is probably the culprit. As asked above: is it water or antifreeze?
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Re: water in oil
Looks like water to me, condensation on the sight glass and when I drain the oil the first half pint is milky. TKS
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Rick near Kansas city
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Re: water in oil
Take a look at the hose that comes off the back of the secondary air box. It goes to the motor and if it is off and you wash the bike water could get in that way.