Re: Foamy oil

[Bob Hadden <kbhadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dean,  The oilheads have a few surprises for guys like you.  One is 
that the engine oil tends to hang up in the oil coolers, so that when 
you change the oil, you maybe didn't really get it all out.  So you 
overfilled the bike by quite a bit and churned up the oil.

I'm not real familiar with the GS arrangement, but on the RS you need 
to have the bike fully warmed up.  Then on shut down, you put it on the 
side stand for a while to get the oil to drain from the cooler.  Then 
move to the center stand and to the oil change.

In general, you want to get two or three consistent low readings before 
assuming that you really need to add oil.

I don't think the GTX oil would be the problem.  I use Mobil 1 15-50 
without any issues.

Does this explain your foaming?
There is a bunch of oilhead tuning stuff on the ibmwr site.  Check it 
out for the filter relocate and so on.

Bob Hadden '98RS, '62R27

On Sep 10, 2004, at 5:04 PM, Dean Chowenhill wrote:

> Hi,
> I am an newby to the Oilhead digest.  After many years of Airheads and 
> active in the Airheads organization and digest, I sold my last airhead 
> (what was I thinking?) and bought a 1995 1100GS - Oilhead.  I ride a 
> lot - 50 miles daily to work and have done n Iron Butt on the 1100.
> I have many questions including about relocating the fuel filter, but 
> right now I have a particular problem:
> Today, I decided to change the oil.  Routinely, I drained it and put 
> in fresh oil - GTX 20-50.  After filling it to the dot in the middle 
> of the site gage, I started the bike (still on center stand) and ran 
> it for one minute.  Re checking the site gage I was surprised to see 
> it filling up (all the way to the top) with foamy oil.  Puzzled, I 
> drained about two quarts to look at the oil - light brown and foamy.
> What is this all about?
> dean
> BMW1100GS, CA
> Triumph Sprint, CA
> Harley Soft-tail, CA
> Yamaha Diversion, France

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