PaytheMan
New Member
Hello,
I recently purchased a 2012 s10 with 21k on it. started and ran well at the dealer no issues got a good price on it. I have been performing some maintenance/ add ons and noticed in the sight glass the oil was kinda gray. changed it out and sure enough was milky. Que panicking. refilled oil ran bike and its blowing white smoke and lots of water on the ground behind tail pipe. I dunno what to do from here, bike was sitting at the dealer since at least October who knows how long before that by PO, was pressure washed at least 2x by dealer, and been outside during the winter at their store and has been wet most days/months (that's how they display their used bikes) Also fuel tank is showing empty, I did put in a can of sea foam to the gas tank and was gonna fill up with fuel. checked coolant and it is full looks clean sky blue.
Where do I go from here? does it just need to be ridden after sitting? When I start and run no weird noises sounds normal but my experience is mostly dirt bikes new to road bikes. I am comfortable working on bikes for the most part but don't want to make anything worse. dealer is no help, they said they changed the fluids when they got it and no problems and emphasized no warranty. Any advise from ppl more mechanically inclined than me would be awesome!
I recently purchased a 2012 s10 with 21k on it. started and ran well at the dealer no issues got a good price on it. I have been performing some maintenance/ add ons and noticed in the sight glass the oil was kinda gray. changed it out and sure enough was milky. Que panicking. refilled oil ran bike and its blowing white smoke and lots of water on the ground behind tail pipe. I dunno what to do from here, bike was sitting at the dealer since at least October who knows how long before that by PO, was pressure washed at least 2x by dealer, and been outside during the winter at their store and has been wet most days/months (that's how they display their used bikes) Also fuel tank is showing empty, I did put in a can of sea foam to the gas tank and was gonna fill up with fuel. checked coolant and it is full looks clean sky blue.
Where do I go from here? does it just need to be ridden after sitting? When I start and run no weird noises sounds normal but my experience is mostly dirt bikes new to road bikes. I am comfortable working on bikes for the most part but don't want to make anything worse. dealer is no help, they said they changed the fluids when they got it and no problems and emphasized no warranty. Any advise from ppl more mechanically inclined than me would be awesome!