I think my head gasket might be leaking coolant into my engine oil. It's been about 200 miles since I got the bike running again. Here's what I noticed and what I've done about it so far.
I first started noticing white smoke out of the exhaust when I first started the bike but after it was warmed up the smoke would stop. I store the bike on the center stand in the garage overnight.
So, I started watching the oil level. I didn't really notice anything until this week. The bike has sat in the garage on the center stand for the past 8 days or so. When I went out the other day I was looking the bike over and noticed that my oil sight glass showed that the oil level was above the 3/4 mark. When I added oil I made sure it only went to halfway up the sight glass. The week or two after the bike was running I checked the oil level and it was always about halfway up the sight glass. I put Mobile1 20w50 in the engine after the cylinder head repair.
Today I decided to drain the oil to see what it looked like. The oil has only been in the engine for about 200 miles.
It looks murky and kind of an olive greenish brown color.
I drained the coolant and it looks clean and it was pretty full. Before I drained the coolant I opened the fill cap and could see coolant in the system. I have also noticed that my coolant reservoir is at about !/4 full when it was just over half when I first added coolant after the repair work.
What do you think, does it look like coolant is getting in the engine oil?
I was reading up on some posts and one post suggested removing the oil pan, putting coolant in the radiator and seeing if it comes out through the crankcase. This was to see if the engine block was cracked. I don't think that is the case, but I'm willing to try this if it is necessary.
What other things should I check if the head gasket is leaking?
Note: when I reinstalled the cylinder head I torqued everything to spec and did the two-stage torque that the manual calls for and cleaned the mating surfaces (but perhaps I didn't clean them good enough).