Milky substance on oil sight glass

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Old 03-31-2011, 06:13 PM
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Cool sounds good. So TNC without getting everyone fired up over the oil issue, you think it is fine to stick with the regular oil? The only reason I was gonna switch was because I was told the synthetic gave better protection over the parts and dosen't burn up as fast(or loose its quality as fast). What you think?
 
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Old 03-31-2011, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by seth6025
Cool sounds good. So TNC without getting everyone fired up over the oil issue, you think it is fine to stick with the regular oil? The only reason I was gonna switch was because I was told the synthetic gave better protection over the parts and dosen't burn up as fast(or loose its quality as fast). What you think?
I used to work at a full service gas station and read some of the mags that would come into the shop for the service techs. There was one with an artical they did on conventional motor oil test on NY cab cars. I'm guessing that these vechiles go through the extremes. Point is they did testing on the oil in these cars using conventional motor oil and even after 7,000 hard miles the viscosity on these oils where still well in tach. Run whatever oil you want to run just make sure you change according to the manual and you will be fine.
 
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Old 12-16-2012, 04:16 PM
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I rode my motorcycle yesterday an today when I went to check it I notice their was a milky white stuff in my oil.this is my first motorcycle so inwas just wondering what it could be.
 
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Old 12-16-2012, 06:25 PM
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milky white stuff is water in the oil after it has been "stirred" up by the engine...

question is how much...
 
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Old 12-16-2012, 10:13 PM
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Assuming there is no coolant getting into the oil, another source of 'milky substance' can be blow-by condensation which occurs every time you fire a cold engine. Once it gets up to operating temperature, this condensation normally evaporates but if you are only running short errands or commuting, the condensation doesn't get a chance to boil off resulting in the white cream you see in the oil.

Try to always run the engine up to operating temperature once it's been started...
 
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