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PostPosted: 22:19 - 11 Jan 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just the cap or can you see if the oil is like it too?
I've had caps on cars go milky and could only put it down to some problem with the overflow setup as there was never a problem with my oil, could also be very minor influx of fluid due to crack in casing/porosity problem (If this it will not be long before you notice your oil going milky as well!)
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PostPosted: 22:31 - 11 Jan 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

ukguy wrote:
cap and inside the tank filler

not sure if it ever had a coolant lose problem and been fixed as I only had it 2months and the person I brought from said he got it from a dealership

when I empty the old oil it was just black and I replaced the oil because it was black


Check the breather from the engine and the air box/air filter.

Sometimes if these are blocked/kinked, water vapour can get trapped by the oil cap, causing mayonaise.

N.B. Mayonaise is the correct term. It's an emulsion of water and oil....
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PostPosted: 22:52 - 11 Jan 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

The biggest cause of mayo is too short journeys. The engine doesn't get hot enough and doesn't get rid of the water that naturally collects on things that warm up.

Assuming that nothing else is wrong, the best thing you can do is make sure that it gets up to temperature every time you use it.
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PostPosted: 12:12 - 12 Jan 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

ukguy wrote:
well I use it 50 miles a day and it always gets halfway on temp

also I not sure if this is a bad sign but I started it up and open filler cap for oil and theres air coming out Shocked is it post to do this


Yes it's supposed to do it to a small extent - that's why engines have breathers. If the oil itself is black when you drain it, and the coolant level is not dropping, then stop worrying.
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PostPosted: 12:13 - 12 Jan 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've had this on bikes and scooters. Its just condensation mixing with the oil. For some reason my GT550 is bad for it but it does live outside. The moisture couldnt come from anywhere else, being air-cooled.
Again, mostly short trips are the problem.
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PostPosted: 12:27 - 12 Jan 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Remove the bolt and measure the length. Now poke something down the hole and measure the depth. If the hole depth is 9mm or more deeper than the bolt is long (assuming an M6 bolt here) then you have the standard 1.5D thread engagement to simply use a longer bolt. Just make sure it doesn't bottom out in the hole. TBH I would still do this at 1D but I'd be very careful not to over-tighten the bolt.
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