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Bike is curvy and I have been chasing a small coolant leak for a little while now.
Its leaking from the base gasket on the right hand side and seems to only leak when the bike is hot. At first I thought it was some thing simple like a loose hose clamp, tightened them up but it continued, so used some coolant dye and a uv light to get to bottom of the problem and yep its the base gasket!. So questions are: Could this be related to my sticky coolant problem by any chance?. Is this a common problem that others have come across?. Has anyone experience of changing a base gasket?, I will be using Mr Haynes as a guide but is there any thing to watch out for?. Cheers. |
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I'd say it's pretty rare, and I'd try re-torquing the head bolts before I'd pull the cylinder.
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If its strange or rare it will happen to my engine for some reason!.
That's a good idea I'll give it a try, cheers. |
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Job's done, looking at the gasket can see it had been leaking out to the side of the coolant passage!.
Its not a bad job to do. |
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Re-torque or gasket replacement?
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Gasket replacement!
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