• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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Oil has red colour?

C

coleman1495

Husqvarna
A Class
Okay this is another strange one (I keep things interesting:)). I did an oil change on my te449 the other day and I noticed that my oil had taken on a red colour. The oil almost appeared like it had a little transmission fluid mixed in. I have been running Castrol 10w40. The oil was red the last time I changed it as well.

The oil is definately not red when new. The only thing I can think of is that it gets it red colour from the marked premium gas I was running earlier.

Anybody else have any ideas? Anybody else ever run marked gas in their bikes?
 
Any other symptoms besides the color? The default coolant is usually pink, but you'd get frothy foamy stuff if that was mixing in most likely.
if its more of an 'amber' color, thats normal.
You should switch to a 5w40 or 0w40 though.
 
danny318 said:
Any other symptoms besides the color? The default coolant is usually pink, but you'd get frothy foamy stuff if that was mixing in most likely.
if its more of an 'amber' color, thats normal.
You should switch to a 5w40 or 0w40 though.
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I think "amber" colour is probably a more accurate description. Nah no other symptoms besides the colour. Not a problem so far as I can tell. Its just a little strange when your used oil is red
 
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