Oil analysis

[bakirkwold]

What should I check? Thanks guys!

[7981GS]

The ones that are under-lined are problem areas.
Copper, Aluminum and Silica (dirt).
Copper usually indicates bearings are gone.
Aluminum would indicate piston wear and
Silica would indicate dirt getting into the oil/engine usually through the air filtration system.

Eric

[BigD_83]

I have to ask...what prompted you to have this done. Just for giggles?

[JATO]

Was this your initial oil analysis? If so, I'd wait until your next test to determine if anything is happening. There will always be trace elements in drain oil.

[bakirkwold]

Thanks! And I had a free test so why not! And yeah this was the first oil change after the PO had it. sooo I am thinking its prob just fine. The oil light never came on either.

[Nessism]

How is your air filter? Do you keep it well oiled?

If the bike hasn't run for a while you might want to do this again after a couple more oil changes to see if the wear is settling down. The copper wear is troubling since the only copper parts I can think of is the crank and/or balance shaft bearings.

[bakirkwold]

The air filter is good. How often should I clean it by the way? And yeah the copper could be anything at this point I had the covers all off. Could be some crap got in there.

[1_v8_merc]

Just run it until it blows up, then rebuild it.