kelly1005 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 After I wash the RT I'm always careful to blow all of the water out of the oil fil cap area on the cylinder head. With all the rain the last few days though I've not been able to keep that area dry (like when parking at the store when it's still raining, etc). So let's assume the cap isn't 100% perfect and some water does get into the oil fill hole. What's going to happen? I'm not thinking lots of water here, just a few spoonfulls or whatever would collect in the filler area and leak in. Link to comment
Wooster Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Gee Kelly, Oil & water aren't supposed to mix but when they do, frothy coffee colored foam is visible. Wooster Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana Link to comment
AviP Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 So let's assume the cap isn't 100% perfect and some water does get into the oil fill hole. What's going to happen? Your bike is going to transform into a locomotive, a steam locomotive! Link to comment
Ken H. Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 I think it takes a fair amount of water in the oil to froth it. Not a few drops. It will likely just boil off the first time you get the bike up to a full warm up long ride. Link to comment
Paul Mihalka Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 If your oil filler cap is not hermetic tight, you would see oily smudge around it. If it stays clean of oil, water does not get in. I wouldn't worry. Link to comment
TREE Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 A. highly unlikely water will get in. B. Use full synthetic, the water will boil off anyway ..... Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 When your engine is cold, combustion products (including water) leak past the piston rings and condense into the oil. The oil contains emulsifying agents to deal with this, which is why, as Wooster notes: Oil & water aren't supposed to mix but when they do, frothy coffee colored foam is visible. Indeed, without the emulsifiers, this wouldn't happen. a bit of water getting in through tiny leak paths around the filler cap won't add up to much, and any water that does get in will soon be cooked out of the oil by an afternoon ride of a couple dozen miles. Link to comment
RFW Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 I have a book at home that was published in about 1900 to 1910 that covers stationary steam and internal combustion engines. Several of the big stationary IC angines required you to put several gallons of oil and several gallons of water into the sump. There, it was beat into a froth with the crankshaft. Apparently some less that bright engineer must have slipped on an oil/water mixture and probably figured that a mixture of the two was "slipperier" than straignt oil, so what better thing to put into a motor! It was also interesting to see a photo of a several-ton engine that stood 5 or 6 feet tall, and produced 3 to 5 HP! Bob. Link to comment
kelly1005 Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 Thanks everyone. I guessed it would boil off when the oil got hot but wanted to know the group's opinion. No rain today and I took the day off to go goof around; I think I've sucessfully boiled off any residual water. Link to comment
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