Two drain plugs on Gas Gas?

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Two drain plugs on Gas Gas?

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Did my first oil change on my 2011 Gasser and I found that there are two drain plugs on the bottom. One is obviously the oil (near the back) but there is another plug in the front left, does anyone know what that is for? I accidentally opened it, mistaking it for the oil drain plug, and not much of anything came out. It was a mostly clear liquid with a slight blue tinge to it. Any thoughts?

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It is a crankcase drain. It is for draining water out if you swamp the bike. Pretty cool feature. What came out of your bike was residual two stroke oil.

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The drain on the front is a crankcase drain used for draining out water should you swamp the bike. Pretty cool feature. The liquid that came out of your bike is most likely residual two stroke oil and is completely normal.

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By the color description, maybe a coolant drain plug? If you don't loosen the rad cap sometimes very little will come out. I wouldn't expect that at the bottom of your engine, but gas gas bikes are weird. :smirk:
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It is a crank case drain. Useful if you drown your bike in a creek.
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Thanks for the replies. I was hoping it was something like that, but I wanted to make sure that I didn't screw anything up!
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