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Oil sight cloudy looking?
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What model/engine is this oil sight photo from? Is it your KZ or ?
Is the bike in running condition? Can you go run it down the road for 20-30 miles? If you recently changed the oil or the bike has set for awhile the oil will show condensation as you described. It may not entirely burn out/away until you give the engine a good thorough running.
If the bike is not in riding condition, then this is simply the condition of too much moisture from high humidity and storage. I used to get this after a month or three in garage storage. My KZ and ZRX seem to soak up moisture in high humidity long storage stints. If the bike has been stored for awhile and it is not ready to ride anytime soon but the engine can run, I would give it a good enough warm up to get as much moisture out of the engine as possible. Short periods of engine running & idling may bring more moisture in instead of getting rid of it. I would consider changing the oil after a good warm up. I would consider using a not so pricey oil since you may end up gathering more moisture resulting in the same condition by next spring. I would not leave the current oil in all winter unless you plan to run the engine enough to get the moisture out of the oil. You may end up getting some corrosion on the top of valves and camshaft.
Otherwise, I would not sweat it too much unless you are OCD like many of us here. :laugh: NOW, if this was a liquid cooled engine it could be an indication of coolant in the crankcase but this is a KZ right? :whistle:
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blew a 2.8 ltr up in my chev S-10 when a head gasket slowly let go. Antifreeze got into oil and slowly destroyed engine
The oil was a milky brownish white.......
The cleaner the oil......the lighter white it will be.
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Yes I know. That's what I was saying. It's not possible unless someone is messing with it where I park. My curiosity is now getting the better of me. I'm going out to drain the oil.4TheKZ1000 wrote: Water + Oil will turn to a milky brownish white color......blew a 2.8 ltr up in my chev S-10 when a head gasket slowly let go. Antifreeze got into oil and slowly destroyed engine
The oil was a milky brownish white.......
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WTF????? How does this get in a air cooled motor? This is the only sign of water. The oil that drained out was dark brown.
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Did you wash bike with a hose?
Did you ride in rain?
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What are the products of combustion? Water vapor and carbon dioxide. Our engines share the case with the transmission and that means there's extra metal and volume than a simple drysump motor. It takes 20 minutes of riding to get my KZ900 totally warmed up. That is, hot enough to drive off the water vapor that snuck (normal) into the crankcase through poor sealing, rings etc.
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I ride it everyday that it's not raining. And far enough to get up to temp. I'm not quit following what you trying to say hereKZCSI wrote: The answer is simple this bike is not ridden enough and when it is ridden it's put up before the whole engine and transmission can come up to temp.
What are the products of combustion? Water vapor and carbon dioxide. Our engines share the case with the transmission
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