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New oil turns black within 30 sec (streamable.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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is it just me? Bike has done this since 30 000Km, now with 80 same results.What about your bikes ? CRF 250 RLA 2019

This is the first start after changing the oil and the oil filter

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago

This is absolutely normal for about any internal combustion engine. There's a lot of soot and other particles suspended in the oil. Every drop of old oil that remains during an oil change will immediately stain the new stuff black. One of the main jobs of engine oil is keeping the cylinder walls clean, so it will never stay golden for long.

Tl;dr: engine oil is supposed to do this, don't worry.