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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 10:08 PM
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so the other day i was changing my oil because its way past due. as i was pouring in the oil i noticed it was green. yea.. fml so i quickly stopped. i probably added 50 ml of 10w fork oil in my engine. i added the regular engine oil and started riding. does anyone think this could cause any harm?
 
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 10:34 PM
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just to add to this fail. i found out that my 94 f2 doesnt have cartridge style forks. the guy who i bought it from must have switched it out. fml
 
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 12:44 AM
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After noticing that you put fork oil in, why wouldn't you drain it? why add your motor oil on top of that?

IMHO, stop riding it, change the oil and filter and don't add fork oil
 
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 06:19 AM
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maybe i should have mentioned i tried but nothing was coming out. I wasn't about to use my 7 dollars a quart oil to flush it out either lol. besides that there both 10w oil right? i know that cycle oil is special because the shearing forces of the clutch but other than that it should be fine i hope
 
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 09:26 AM
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If you only put a small amount in, it's probably fine... It will mix with your engine oil and dilute.

I would change the oil sooner than later though.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 09:58 AM
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If it was only 50ml or so, that's OK.
Fork oil is like automatic transmission fluid (in fact I use ATF in my forks) - it's very light, so should just mix in. If you're in any doubt, take a little fork oil and put it with engine oil and see how it mixes- if it separates after you mix it, drain your oil, if not, just run it as is.
My 2c worth.
 
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