Changed the Seal in the waterpump today but the oil still seems to be going milky, any ideas?

All the best

Tom

Hi,how many times have you changed the oil? could be water still in the crank case?

Hi,how many times have you changed the oil? could be water still in the crank case?

once since changing the seals, should I give it a run for a while, drop the oil and fill up again?

Might need to change the shaft also as they tend to get a groove quickly.

Might need to change the shaft also as they tend to get a groove quickly.

Did that too, the thing cost me about 25 quid!

Tom

I'd give it a run then change the oil tombo!

Last time i had trouble with water gettin into my gearbox, it was a similar thing with the seals, my dealer told me a trick which can be done when changing the oil. If it's milky, warm the bike, dump the oil, put about 200-300ml of petrol in the gearbox, run the bike through the gears a couple of times, dump the petrol. The petrol should eradicate any water which was left in there and then you can just fill it back up with gearbox oil! Worked everytime for me!

have a quick look on your gearbox layshaft and check that you have no oil leaking at all near the gearbox sprocket. just recently i had the collar that sits inboard of the sprocket break and this pushes onto 2 seals and was letting in water

Do you use a pressure washer when cleaning up?

when you next get the bike hot take the oil filler plug out any miosture should have evapourated by then , and check you breather pipe from the gear box . put it all back with fresh oil.

Dont spray the gearbox sprocket or engine for a couple of rides and see what happens ..

Is the coolant level falling ????

Also with regards to the breather pipe for the gear box, if it is low near the sump then it can suck in water when going through rivers. I feed mine up to the top of the rear shock so it is out of the way.