milkshake in the coolant reservior
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milkshake in the coolant reservior
uuuuuuuughhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
fellows, wtf?
Please tell me this is not a blown headgasket, the bike has never been hot, runs perfect, just happened to check coolant and BAM!!!
I have noticed that my right tail pipe runs hotter than the left.
IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO AND HOW MUCH APPRX..........
fellows, wtf?
Please tell me this is not a blown headgasket, the bike has never been hot, runs perfect, just happened to check coolant and BAM!!!
I have noticed that my right tail pipe runs hotter than the left.
IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO AND HOW MUCH APPRX..........
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Yes, we have all (on some bike) had to stare down at the dreaded melted ice cream. Usually on a recebike for me but I have never heard of a different interpretation of this symptom. Sorry man, that blows monkey ***, but it is not necisarly a disaster. On my racebike I just yank the valve cover and lap the head flat, then bolt it back together wiht a new gasket. I do it fri night & race on it sat.
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sooooooooo,
at best, what is this going to set me back, could it be anything else besides a head gasket.........looking at the oil through the window looks regular to me, i guess i need to do a complete oil change
would flushing help or it's time to go the the Dr. (shop)
at best, what is this going to set me back, could it be anything else besides a head gasket.........looking at the oil through the window looks regular to me, i guess i need to do a complete oil change
would flushing help or it's time to go the the Dr. (shop)
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Open the radiator cap (when cool) and see if there's floating oil/residue around the opening. Sometimes a little seeps from one place to another through the water pump area. The reservoir tends to collect it since it comes off of the high point on the right radiator. If it's just a little oil I wouldn't be worried. A "milkshake" is different. Finding the source can be challenging, but I would start at the water pump first. It's pretty rare for a head gasket to blow on a Superhawk.
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well this brings a question to mind. can you liquid glass a bike with a blown head gasket like you would an old car? not that it is a permanent fix but hey i drove an old vw fox 35,000 miles glassed.
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okay, finally i can answer this question.
took off cap and there was not any residue that i could see floating around but i did notice a lil of the milky inside the cap, i took off bottom radiator hose, no milk in the hose or the top radiator hose, only in the resivor, fluid came out with a watery light green color appeared to be real old.
anyway i flushed with prestone and distilled water, and refilled with prestone 50/50 and flushed out the resivor out real good, so far no more milk.
took to the shop before the process and he stated that it doesn't look like a blown head gasket, just dirty, said i would know it it had a blown gasket.
So I guess everything is okay fellows.........ssswwwwhhoooo (hand wiping across face)!!!!!
took off cap and there was not any residue that i could see floating around but i did notice a lil of the milky inside the cap, i took off bottom radiator hose, no milk in the hose or the top radiator hose, only in the resivor, fluid came out with a watery light green color appeared to be real old.
anyway i flushed with prestone and distilled water, and refilled with prestone 50/50 and flushed out the resivor out real good, so far no more milk.
took to the shop before the process and he stated that it doesn't look like a blown head gasket, just dirty, said i would know it it had a blown gasket.
So I guess everything is okay fellows.........ssswwwwhhoooo (hand wiping across face)!!!!!
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Glad to hear!! In the future, when you will inevitably need to work on your bike, my advice is to take a ton a pictures with a digital camera as you progress through the project at hand. If you forget what goes where, you can have something for reference! This has helped me a few times working on my jeep.
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Glad to hear!! In the future, when you will inevitably need to work on your bike, my advice is to take a ton a pictures with a digital camera as you progress through the project at hand. If you forget what goes where, you can have something for reference! This has helped me a few times working on my jeep.
that will be applied........knowledge is power, and no i have not changed the cct's but that's one of my things to do this spring.
um trying to change the spark plugs now "ngk" but can't find a socket to fit that D#*n hole lol............any suggestions begore getting too far off topic
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that will be applied........knowledge is power, and no i have not changed the cct's but that's one of my things to do this spring.
um trying to change the spark plugs now "ngk" but can't find a socket to fit that D#*n hole lol............any suggestions begore getting too far off topic
um trying to change the spark plugs now "ngk" but can't find a socket to fit that D#*n hole lol............any suggestions begore getting too far off topic
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don't have bike tool kit, ask dealer could i just order part ...........he replied i dunno.......asked about kit....um i dunno......i hung up the phone...poor *** customer service
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okay, finally i can answer this question.
took off cap and there was not any residue that i could see floating around but i did notice a lil of the milky inside the cap, i took off bottom radiator hose, no milk in the hose or the top radiator hose, only in the resivor, fluid came out with a watery light green color appeared to be real old.
anyway i flushed with prestone and distilled water, and refilled with prestone 50/50 and flushed out the resivor out real good, so far no more milk.
took to the shop before the process and he stated that it doesn't look like a blown head gasket, just dirty, said i would know it it had a blown gasket.
So I guess everything is okay fellows.........ssswwwwhhoooo (hand wiping across face)!!!!!
took off cap and there was not any residue that i could see floating around but i did notice a lil of the milky inside the cap, i took off bottom radiator hose, no milk in the hose or the top radiator hose, only in the resivor, fluid came out with a watery light green color appeared to be real old.
anyway i flushed with prestone and distilled water, and refilled with prestone 50/50 and flushed out the resivor out real good, so far no more milk.
took to the shop before the process and he stated that it doesn't look like a blown head gasket, just dirty, said i would know it it had a blown gasket.
So I guess everything is okay fellows.........ssswwwwhhoooo (hand wiping across face)!!!!!
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<regular Prestone.It contains silicate(grit for the most part).Good for scrubbing cast iron blocks but really bad for motorcycle water pump seals>
Didn't know that about the coolant. Thanks for the heads up.
Didn't know that about the coolant. Thanks for the heads up.
