Maddog Reynolds
New Member
Any advice, please? I pulled off the breather pipe from the top of the crankcase and it was lined with white gunk. I shook it out and refitted it.
The oil was changed about 2,000 miles ago and it looks OK in the sight glass. The bike usually does 25 miles each journey, mostly on empty roads, but 3 weeks ago it was doing short journeys for a whike and not reaching normal temperature every day.
Could it be water in the oil from the short journeys evaporating off?
The engine lost some coolant just once a few months ago, when I was late for work and rode it hard in warm weather, then stopped it without riding gently for the last mile and giving it time to cool off. I topped it up and it has not gone down since.
I'm obviously hoping it is condensation. Also the bike lives outside at the moment and it rains a lot. Could water be gathering somewhere and getting into the crankcase breather that way?
Or is it the first sign of a head gasket failure? :-(
Thanks for any ideas you may have.
The oil was changed about 2,000 miles ago and it looks OK in the sight glass. The bike usually does 25 miles each journey, mostly on empty roads, but 3 weeks ago it was doing short journeys for a whike and not reaching normal temperature every day.
Could it be water in the oil from the short journeys evaporating off?
The engine lost some coolant just once a few months ago, when I was late for work and rode it hard in warm weather, then stopped it without riding gently for the last mile and giving it time to cool off. I topped it up and it has not gone down since.
I'm obviously hoping it is condensation. Also the bike lives outside at the moment and it rains a lot. Could water be gathering somewhere and getting into the crankcase breather that way?
Or is it the first sign of a head gasket failure? :-(
Thanks for any ideas you may have.