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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 10:39 PM
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Radiator leak

My left side radiator seems to have sprung a leak! I haven't pulled the fairing yet, but it looks like there's a little fluid weeping out of the seam between the tube area and the top (or forward, depending on how you want to look at it) tank part of the radiator. Are these things pinched together with a gasket there or are they welded? I'm wondering how to go about the repair. I haven't checked the clamps yet, but I can't feel or see any fluid anywhere other than right at a corner of the tank/tube area junction.

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Old Dec 4, 2007 | 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Yardstick
My left side radiator seems to have sprung a leak! I haven't pulled the fairing yet, but it looks like there's a little fluid weeping out of the seam between the tube area and the top (or forward, depending on how you want to look at it) tank part of the radiator. Are these things pinched together with a gasket there or are they welded? I'm wondering how to go about the repair. I haven't checked the clamps yet, but I can't feel or see any fluid anywhere other than right at a corner of the tank/tube area junction.

if it is a leak at the inlet and tank,a small butane torch and some
silver solder should take care of it.
Old Dec 4, 2007 | 12:01 PM
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It's junk. Buy a new one and send me your leaky one...I'll even give you 20bux for it...grin.
Old Dec 4, 2007 | 12:18 PM
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I don't think it's coming from an inlet tube. It's between the finned area and tank that's leaking.
Old Dec 4, 2007 | 12:52 PM
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Old Dec 5, 2007 | 02:49 PM
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Okay, simpler than I thought... It was just a clamp issue. The hose that connects left to right was leaking a little. I couldn't see the fluid running down from it until I took the fairing off.
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