Paint chips in oil screen?

[Mike Qube]

When I changed my oil I cleaned the oil screen also. It was pretty clean with the exception of what looked like green or blue, tiny paint chips. Just a few of them. What is this?

[Speeddog]

Model and year of Monster?

[Mike Qube]

Model and year of Monster?

97 M750

[DaFoose]

Sorry to go OT a bit, but how often should I open up my oil screen? I just changed my oil, and have owned my bike for 3 years. Never looked into that though. Didn't even realize my bike had one until the other day.

[lwszabo]

Sorry to go OT a bit, but how often should I open up my oil screen? I just changed my oil, and have owned my bike for 3 years. Never looked into that though. Didn't even realize my bike had one until the other day.

I do it every time, it takes 2 minutes.  I think most do it every other change until the bike has a bunch of miles then you will probally never find anything.  It also lets you get a little bit of extra oil out!

[♣ McKraut ♣]

you find some interesting things in there too sometimes

[devimau]

When I changed my oil I cleaned the oil screen also. It was pretty clean with the exception of what looked like green or blue, tiny paint chips. Just a few of them. What is this?

@ the factory they use blue, red, green and yellow thread locker.
do you have pics?

[Mike Qube]

@ the factory they use blue, red, green and yellow thread locker.
do you have pics?

No pics, I should have taken some. It wasn't many just a few tiny flecks of greenish blue.

[Howie]

Sorry to go OT a bit, but how often should I open up my oil screen? I just changed my oil, and have owned my bike for 3 years. Never looked into that though. Didn't even realize my bike had one until the other day.

The book says 18K miles.  Most DIYrs clean it every or every other oil change since we don't have to charge ourselves labor.

[todds89]

I picked up a 570 mile '04 this past winter. When I changed the oil (probably the 1st time - it was nasty), there were lots of blue/green flakes on the oil screen.

[scott_araujo]

I clean it every oil change.  It's a good spot to find things that may be starting to self destruct.  Usually just a few little metal shavings or what not.

Scott