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Oil analysis

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What should I check? Thanks guys!
 
The ones that are under-lined are problem areas.
Copper, Aluminum and Silica (dirt).
Copper usually indicates bearings are gone.
Aluminum would indicate piston wear and
Silica would indicate dirt getting into the oil/engine usually through the air filtration system.

Eric
 
Was this your initial oil analysis? If so, I'd wait until your next test to determine if anything is happening. There will always be trace elements in drain oil.
 
Thanks! And I had a free test so why not! And yeah this was the first oil change after the PO had it. sooo I am thinking its prob just fine. The oil light never came on either.
 
How is your air filter? Do you keep it well oiled?

If the bike hasn't run for a while you might want to do this again after a couple more oil changes to see if the wear is settling down. The copper wear is troubling since the only copper parts I can think of is the crank and/or balance shaft bearings.
 
The air filter is good. How often should I clean it by the way? And yeah the copper could be anything at this point I had the covers all off. Could be some crap got in there.
 
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