Thanks everyone for all those thoughts. I will try to do those tests I can and get back to you all. Does not give me much hope of avoiding replacing the oil,particularly the comment about the green copper corrosion.
No no pics of clean state but could open it again and post clean pics. I just don’t see how there could be water in it as the fluid level would be higher. Wouldn’t it? Thanks for your response. I do see how this deposit could be the result of rusting of the top which would explain the red...
Hi.I have an Oxford RT 110 that’s been sitting around for twenty plus years undercover and out in the open. I have tried to protect it from direct rain etc. I recently opened it to discover the internal mechanism covered in a thick oily dark brown deposit. The oil is also dark brown but at the...