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TC450 Water in Oil???

cgkoch

cgkoch

Husqvarna
C Class
Help!

Not a lot of experience with this bike. I bought it used a few months ago. When I bought the bike, I did an initial oil change (oil looked gray, almost like when I drop my 2 stroke oil). Also added a uni and relocated the breather, changed coolant, and replaced the clutch master cylinder.

Bike has about 4 hours on it since initial oil change.

Dropped the oil today immediately after warming it up for about 5 minutes. Below is what it looks like. Second picture is after about 5 minutes standing time. Is this water contamination or just foamy due to dropping immediately after shutdown?

My coolant is full and can't really read the oil filter as it is a Scott's stainless. My inclination is to throw a paper filter in and run it for an hour, then drop the oil again. Hopefully someone might have a definitive idea? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
 

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Definately run another oil change with a paper filter and swap out again. I an concerned though that this is an inherent issue and may require additional mechanical review. Good luck.
 
By inherent issue, do you mean that it very much looks like contaminated oil? I'm assuming if it is water contamination I can plan on replacing the head gasket and impeller seal?
 
Is the bike running ok? Any white smoke out the pipe?

It just takes a little water to turn the engine oil gray ... That water pump seal can cause leaks and is not too big a deal to replace ...

When I leaked water into the engine oil, it did not turn back black as in your last pic very quickly ...

I'm guessing this might be a non-issue ... But if it is an issue, the sight glass will show the oil to be a grey or milky color...

Change the oil and go for a ride and watch the sight glass for color changes and don't worry about hurting the engine .. A little water in the will not immediately ruin the engine ...
 
If I warm up my TE and then immediately drop the oil, it is all light and cloudy looking (full of air), then settles and looks normal.
 
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