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  • trevor
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    • Oct 2011
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    • Victoria bc

    #1

    Green oil?

    Draining the oil out of my 1150 today and this is the colour.. green/yellow? Sounds like the bike sat for a while. Bike runs. Normal?
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  • 7981GS

    #2
    Rislone is green and I believe that there is a brand of oil that is also.
    Wolf's Head perhaps?

    Eric
    Last edited by Guest; 06-23-2012, 05:08 PM.

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    • airbornespud

      #3
      i'm guessing this is the first drain since you bought it and this oil is from the PO? i would guess maybe an additive of some sort? or maybe some water in it from condensation / sitting? pretty strange...

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      • Nessism
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        #4
        What color is that recycled oil? http://green.autoblog.com/2011/03/16...led-motor-oil/
        Ed

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        • tkent02
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          #5
          Looks like anti-freeze. Anti-freeze would be bad.
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          • Guest

            #6
            Two stroke?

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            • wkmpt

              #7
              Originally posted by tkent02
              Looks like anti-freeze. Anti-freeze would be bad.
              Yeah, it's all the coolant from the radiator leaking...

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              • Flyboy

                #8
                Duckhams was green, good oil too.
                Now owned by BP.

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                • steve murdoch
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                  • May 2004
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                  • St. Catharines, On.

                  #9
                  The Motul full synthetic that i use in one of my bikes is green.
                  It changes to brown by the time you change it.
                  Did yours have an odour? Did the proper amount drain out?
                  2@ \'78 GS1000

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                  • SVSooke

                    #10
                    That is odd.I've seen green fork oil but never green engine oil.Seeing as the 1150 is air cooled I somehow doubt it's an antifreeze leak.Given the PO's weird ideas(thinking about that airbox)I'd think it was some of the more "exotic" oils others have mentioned.

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                    • sparki

                      #11
                      Originally posted by wkmpt
                      Yeah, it's all the coolant from the radiator leaking...
                      Lol..... Yeah ok ... On an 1150!?... Zip radiator on there fella

                      It's not coolant, it's sure as hell not anti freeze... There are oils out there that are actually that colour. I use some no name mineral oil here that is that colour out of he tin and new. Not all things are equal...

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                      • sparki

                        #12
                        Originally posted by airbornespud
                        i'm guessing this is the first drain since you bought it and this oil is from the PO? i would guess maybe an additive of some sort? or maybe some water in it from condensation / sitting? pretty strange...
                        Water or condensation tends to grey out the oil.... Not green

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                        • wkmpt

                          #13
                          Originally posted by sparki
                          Lol..... Yeah ok ... On an 1150!?... Zip radiator on there fella

                          It's not coolant, it's sure as hell not anti freeze... There are oils out there that are actually that colour. I use some no name mineral oil here that is that colour out of he tin and new. Not all things are equal...
                          I know, what with GSs being all air-cooled & all...
                          ...need a 'sarcasm' emoticon...

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                          • Guest

                            #14
                            Green Oil.

                            Hey, i remember Duckhams, used it regular back then but it sure dont look like Duckhams to me.


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                            • Flyboy

                              #15
                              Maybe Duckhams that has been in the motor well past it's sell by date, considering when last I saw it on the shelves.
                              Was always my second choice to Agip for my Alfa's.

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