May not have been seated correctly, looks can be deceiving, buy a new o-ring. Put a tiny bit of grease on before you install it. I'd caution against messing around with silicone, keep in mind there is a fair bit of pressure involved. Try the correct parts before getting creative.

 

May not have been seated correctly, looks can be deceiving, buy a new oring, put a tiny bit of grease on before you install it. I'd caution against messing around with silicone, keep in mind there is a fair bit of pressure involved. Try the correct parts before getting creative

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Thank you for the reply. The bike has 18k miles and this is its first issue. All of the bolts felt tight but I’ll definitely change out that o ring.

 

It happens, easy enough fix, just a bunch of time that's all.

 

Mine just did the same thing. Cost me a couple bucks from Partzilla and a little coolant. Not a hard one to replace.

 

Did you replace all the o rings?

 

Yup I have a 2016 as well. Here is all I replaced. Took me about 30 minutes or so.

 

That’s awesome, thank you 👍🏻

 

If your trying to replace that the easy way. You will need
Set of Allen wrenches to remove side fairings and radiator and oil cooler guard.
8mm socket with a 10 inch extension
Remove bolts holder oil cooler in place. Gently lower the cooler down and towards the front tire. Using the 8mm and extension remove the 3 bolts for the housing and the 1 lower 8mm bolt that holds that hose in place.

Then using dental picks carefully remove old o ring
Reinstall new o ring and reassemble.

Took me about 30 minutes or so.

 

If your trying to replace that the easy way. You will need
Set of Allen wrenches to remove side fairings and radiator and oil cooler guard.
8mm socket with a 10 inch extension
Remove bolts holder oil cooler in place. Gently lower the cooler down and towards the front tire. Using the 8mm and extension remove the 3 bolts for the housing and the 1 lower 8mm bolt that holds that hose in place.

Then using dental picks carefully remove old o ring
Reinstall new o ring and reassemble.

Took me about 30 minutes or so.

Yea I already have everything off. I’m just going to replace all the other o-rings including the one on the water pump cover and the 2 one the on the tubes that connect to it. Cheap insurance.

 

I’ll have to keep an eye on mine

 

Can you take the bottom hose off without taking the top hose? Noticed they are connected to the water pump with one bolt.

 

Dried up coolant looks like toothpaste?

 

What do u call this part I need to buy it but dont know what is called can't find it anywhere

 

It's part 15 in the diagram, it's called pipe1, $61.00 and change from partshark.com

Pipe 1
2CR-12481-00-00

I have 27K on my 2016 R1M and it just pulled this same Stunt and I put 3 new O- rings on the 3 you can access, tighten to spec, and it started leaking again, with some other issues I am having. Got another set and will use silicone this time.

 

the same issue on my bike