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Old 03-04-2007, 05:53 PM   #1
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Green oil!!!! Sh*t, what now?

Bikes an 01 r6, about 5000 miles--all track. Just changed the oil, Motul double ester 10w 50, in anticipation of a track day coming up. I had to call my wife out to look cause I'm color blind but it just didn't look right. Sure enough, green. Like a crayon, I mean really green. I know tis probably means coolant in the oil. I was hoping its oxidation or somthing, but I did a search and it doesn't seem likely. So what am I in for? Where do I go from here? Thanks in advance for any input.
P.S. She has run like a champ for the last two years. I did have a tip over at walking speed since the last oil change, don't know if this matters.
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Old 03-04-2007, 07:20 PM   #2
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Old 03-14-2007, 05:21 PM   #3
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All the times Ive seen antifreeze in the oil its more of a babypoop brown or milk color. How thin did the oil feel? Seems wierd, never really ever seen antifreeze turn oil green...
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green oil?!
maybe one of the gremlins that often plagues the carbed r1's got crushed by the shaft
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Old 03-14-2007, 10:35 PM   #5
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maybe the oil is new.
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Sure enough, green. Like a crayon, I mean really green. I know tis probably means coolant in the oil. I was hoping its oxidation or somthing, but I did a search and it doesn't seem likely. So what am I in for? Where do I go from here?
I run Motul Fully Synthetic 300V on my R1, and yes when that stuff is new or even lightly used it is in fact GREEN. I remember the first time I was pouring it in, I had a double take to make sure I wasn't pouring coolant into my engine by accident.

So if you question is....is it supposed to look like that? Then the answer is yes.
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