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Lurker here.
Came to see if I could find common issues but it seems my problem is slightly unique.
I am very aware of the plastic coolant pipe leaking at the O-ring behind the headers on the block, that isn't where my bike is leaking.
I tried to find anyone going through this elsewhere and cant seem too.
The bike is stored at a friends house so I don't have a picture of the the leak but I have investigated it pretty thoroughly. I will get a photo if this thread takes flight.
Is this a common leak ? My thoughts are maybe since we have a pretty cold winter and it is kept in a garage with no heat...the O-ring contracted and let coolant past?
Right where the arrow is pointing a smallball of coolant is slowly leaking off the bottom of the pump, running down the metal exhaust shield and dripping on the floor. It is a pretty steady leak.
In this location the pump is very close to the block, but there is a gap. I managed to stuff a q-tip above the drip location and it started absorbing the coolant. This leads me to believe that some how, coolant is making its way past the o-ring I drew a path too and down the back side of the pump to drip where the arrow is.
I am fairly confident that it is not coming from the housing gasket.
Came to see if I could find common issues but it seems my problem is slightly unique.
I am very aware of the plastic coolant pipe leaking at the O-ring behind the headers on the block, that isn't where my bike is leaking.
I tried to find anyone going through this elsewhere and cant seem too.
The bike is stored at a friends house so I don't have a picture of the the leak but I have investigated it pretty thoroughly. I will get a photo if this thread takes flight.
Is this a common leak ? My thoughts are maybe since we have a pretty cold winter and it is kept in a garage with no heat...the O-ring contracted and let coolant past?
Right where the arrow is pointing a smallball of coolant is slowly leaking off the bottom of the pump, running down the metal exhaust shield and dripping on the floor. It is a pretty steady leak.
In this location the pump is very close to the block, but there is a gap. I managed to stuff a q-tip above the drip location and it started absorbing the coolant. This leads me to believe that some how, coolant is making its way past the o-ring I drew a path too and down the back side of the pump to drip where the arrow is.
I am fairly confident that it is not coming from the housing gasket.