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White foam in oil.. 1290 SDR

cheeheese

cheeheese

2014-02-17 17:17:00 UTC

Hi,
I was in the garage today, and completely random I opened the oil filler cap ..
There was a lot of white foam to see ..
The first thing I thought of when I saw this was water in the oil, but I also wonder if the oil is foaming?
There is nothing unusual in the oil sight glass..

What do you think about this?
I'll send the pictures by mail to my dealer tomorrow and call them to find out what them think about this.

The bike has only 50km on the clock, and have been washed once..

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aracheon

aracheon

2014-02-17 17:25:00 UTC

Perhaps some of that foamy soap in your profile picture has made it's way in?

Colonel_Klinck

Colonel_Klinck

2014-02-17 17:34:00 UTC

Seriously? You better get that thing back to the dealer. That is nasty looking.

blb

blb

2014-02-17 17:35:00 UTC

I have washed several motorcycles in this way without seeing anything of this problem.
The exhaust was blocked, so i can't figure out any other way for the foam to penetrate through the engine Block.
The oil filler cap have a o-ring and the threads was dry.

Colonel_Klinck

Colonel_Klinck

2014-02-17 17:40:00 UTC

The only time I've ever seen that was on my 990 when the water pump seal ruptured and coolant started mixing with oil... +1 on getting it to the dealer.

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Lowrance

Lowrance

2014-02-17 18:04:00 UTC

It's under warranty so get your dealer to check it out. Can't really see in the oil tank on my phone but if its cold you can get condensation build up in the engine especially if you are only doing short runs. I've seen a bit of gunk on oil filler caps before. You could whip the tank up and look in the airbox. If there is any in there from the breather hose then you def have a problem.

bic_bicknell

bic_bicknell

2014-02-17 19:48:00 UTC

Most likely just condensation in your oil. Very cold where you are. The more miles you do it will mix back in. I would be pretty confident of this. My rc8 did this a lot over winter.

Just keep an eye on it IMO

ebags

ebags

2014-02-17 19:53:00 UTC

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