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    Quote Originally Posted by Lurch View Post
    I sure hope you're turning it the right way!
    I tried both ways in case it screwed in differantly but finaly managed to get it moving and finaly got it off but yeah at first I may have turned the wrong way but when I got the right way sorted it still was bloody hard to get off. The bustard was really suck there tight.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elysium View Post
    ... and noticed the oil still had a faint dark green colour.
    Actually I'd say that oil was quite new.

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    Yeah it may be that expensive stuff someone here mentioned. Though when I drained the old oil back into the container the new stuff came from, I noticed the funnel filter was clogged with crap.
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    hmm green hope you didnt put 2 stroke oil in
    Thats whats up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elysium View Post
    And why the hell is motorcycle oil so bloody expensive! four litres for $70!
    that's nearly twice what I've always paid.... even for the dirtbike i never even found anything over $50...

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    Motorex for my KTM is $23 odd for each litre...

    ... and thats out the drum at the shop, instead of $30 per bottle etc
    Quote Originally Posted by Jane Omorogbe from UK MSN on the KTM990SM
    It's barking mad and if it doesn't turn you into a complete loon within half an hour of cocking a leg over the lofty 875mm seat height, I'll eat my Arai.

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    You use Martian oil?

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    Could it be that coolant is leaking in there? In the case where someone uses 100% anti freeze, would that turn the oil green?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gremlin View Post
    Motorex for my KTM is $23 odd for each litre...

    ... and thats out the drum at the shop, instead of $30 per bottle etc
    Cheer up - the Extra-Special-ForkOil-Made-From-BabyLesbianAfghaniFurSealWhalePenguins in my VFR just cost me $51.
    For a litre.
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    Quote Originally Posted by DougieNZ View Post
    Could it be that coolant is leaking in there? In the case where someone uses 100% anti freeze, would that turn the oil green?
    no. it wouldn't. and why would anyone use 100% antifreeze? can you even buy 100% antifreeze (ie pure glycol) from you average bike shop/repco/mitre10?

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    Quote Originally Posted by motorbyclist View Post
    no. it wouldn't. and why would anyone use 100% antifreeze? can you even buy 100% antifreeze (ie pure glycol) from you average bike shop/repco/mitre10?


    Yes you can but it wont turn oil green , thats the brand colour.
    Same as some car gearbox oils are greenish and some are brownish and some are redish.

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