[Matthews_660]

I checked my oil yesterday after 1hr of riding around in 1-2 gear and I had a lot of little bubbles on the top of the dipstick.
What's up with that??

 

[pewterpecker]

How is your oil level? Honestly, I've never encountered this in my limited experience with dry sump motors, but in wet sump setups you get bubbles if you overfill it.

Is the oil milky or whitish at all?

 

[Matthews_660]

No it's normal colour...with about 5 hrs use. It was a little over the full line on the dip stick (not screwed in) and the oil was real hot since I had been riding for about an hour so the amount didn't seem like an issue to me.
The bubles where about the size of a ball point pen or smaller.

 

[pewterpecker]

And so you checked it right after shutting the engine off?

 

[MPTonyT]

i noticed i get that on mine sometimes too. not real sure what the cuase of it is or if its normal..... i look at it like this.... my bikes been running since day one (aprox 120 hrs) and its been doing it since day one..... still running..... if it aint broke dont fix it.

 

[Matthews_660]

And so you checked it right after shutting the engine off?

Yeah pretty soon after....like 2 minutes maybe

 

[CoalShedRacing]

this is normal. The oil is returned to the tank under pressure, it splashes into the oil already in the tank and bubbles occur.

 

[Matthews_660]

Thanks!

 

[FastFirstGen]

just a quick question i thought id ask......when i check my oil do i screw the dipstick all the way in or just touch the threads to each other to get my reading?

 

[Limited660]

Touch threads, dont screw in.

 

[FastFirstGen]

ohhhhhh ok i have been going about this all wrong....thanks man