Im using a demo bike at the moment as mine is awaiting a new engine and I noticed the same darker colour fluid
Im using a demo bike at the moment as mine is awaiting a new engine and I noticed the same darker colour fluidI've now covered around 1400 miles on mine and noticed that the reservoir fluid has rapidly been getting progressively darker to the point now it is almost black.
To me this is not good as I would / have changed the fluid on other bikes when it got to this stage of colour. I would expect the fluid to be alot lighter in colour at this early stage.
All I can assume is the exhaust heat is discolouring it.
It has had its' first service and nothing was changed / mentioned.
Any thoughts ?
Steve
yeah I thought it would probably be the heatMy dealer filled with Motul RBF600 (they only use Motul for everything) and at 2,100 miles, my rear brake fluid was also dark. I sucked it out with a baster and refilled with more Motul RBF600. Seems to me heat is the single largest factor for the color change. My 848 was the same.
New engine? What happened to the original? Problems? Details please kind sir....Im using a demo bike at the moment as mine is awaiting a new engine and I noticed the same darker colour fluid
Mine was one of oil leak batch . It original went in for a non starting electrical fault after just completing its 1st service . This was isolated to some water getting into a sensor after washing the bike. Whilst at the dealers they noticed a small oil leak from the actual crank case .New engine? What happened to the original? Problems? Details please kind sir....