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scracha
17th November 2007, 06:50
Hmm...the Ducati's oil is umm...green. Is this normal?
ManDownUnder
17th November 2007, 06:58
OH MY GOD THEY GOT THE OIL AND THE SNOT CONTAINERS CONFUSED AGAIN??????

...actually yeah it's fine...
homer
17th November 2007, 07:03
the shell vmx fully synthetic in the 1 litre container is blue
but not in the 4 litre
laRIKin
17th November 2007, 07:04
Hmm...the Ducati's oil is umm...green. Is this normal?

How green?
Some oils are a little green straight out of the bottle.
But you should not notice any green when changing the oil. (dirty)


If the old oil is (real) green, it could be anti-freeze and that probably means a head or base gasket has blown. (or another gasket maybe as I do not know your bike that well)
FilthyLuka
17th November 2007, 19:12
anti freeze :S Run your engine, get some of the green oil and put a couple drops on your hot exhaust header, if it bubbles then its got water/anti-freeze in it
Static
17th November 2007, 23:09
i don't know if it would be anti freeze because in my experience (mainly cars) when coolant gets into oil, the oil turns into milky sludge