Gear Oil Creamy Color ?


VINSANITY

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I just changed the gear oil and went for a ride. Went through some pretty deep water a few times.

You can see the oil is a creamy color in the sight glass - like water got into the casing somehow - or antifreeze, that would not be good.

Any ideas on what happened.
 

OneLapper

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Did you happen to see what the oil looked like after it sat overnight?

That could well be aeration, tiny bubbles making it look cloudy.
 

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Pictures attached this time

Alta Froth, I made the same alarming observation the last time I renewed the gear oil and checked it after a ride. Liked to say I checked it after that...never did. I just looked at it again, and believe it’s the norm. Very scientific.
 

VINSANITY

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Thanks for the responses - my gearbox noise also went up when I noticed the issue - flushed the gear oil - since changing the gear oil no more problems, gear noise back to normal - still frothy which is apparently aeration
 

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Gear oil turns this color when condensation/water get into it. Did you recently have some extreme weather temp variations or change in Humidity while in operation? Also, make sure the fill plug is snug.
 

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Because of this discussion, I replaced the gear oil today (it was after I accidently submerged the bike, don't ask..).
The used oil was grey and creamy. Replaced it with a Liqui-moli 75w.
Look at the photo, the difference between the old and new oil is quite striking.

I think the creamy color was before the bike was submerged, but I am not 100% sure.

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