vb7prog
Junior Member
recent relevant service:
replaced radiator cap with 1.6 bar aftermarket cap March 2017
radiator coolant flush 3 weeks ago
I was doing an oil change and it went pretty normally, but after inspecting my bike i noticed a small puddle of coolant under the bike near the kick stand (left rear). I looked at the bike and it looks like it came from the coolant reservoir. I cleaned it up and went about my business. Then a day later I noticed another small puddle same place. I decided to check the coolant level, and it was down about 7oz of coolant, I toped it off and ran bike with radiator cap off, no apparent air in the system. I am thinking it is one of the following?
1. Radiator cap is not sealing correctly and its boiling excess fluid into the reservoir and then pushing it out when the engine temp rises after shutting off bike.
2. Small leak in reservoir somehow
3. Head gasket issue (unlikely, no white smoke out of engine)
Any thoughts ?
replaced radiator cap with 1.6 bar aftermarket cap March 2017
radiator coolant flush 3 weeks ago
I was doing an oil change and it went pretty normally, but after inspecting my bike i noticed a small puddle of coolant under the bike near the kick stand (left rear). I looked at the bike and it looks like it came from the coolant reservoir. I cleaned it up and went about my business. Then a day later I noticed another small puddle same place. I decided to check the coolant level, and it was down about 7oz of coolant, I toped it off and ran bike with radiator cap off, no apparent air in the system. I am thinking it is one of the following?
1. Radiator cap is not sealing correctly and its boiling excess fluid into the reservoir and then pushing it out when the engine temp rises after shutting off bike.
2. Small leak in reservoir somehow
3. Head gasket issue (unlikely, no white smoke out of engine)
Any thoughts ?