Coolant loss - watch this space

[fazer-rat]

Need to dig into the hoses, but, not tonight as it's Mrs Markie's birthday today and I rather like being married Suspecting overflow and carb heater hoses may be swapped over.

Cheers

Markie

that would definately explain it,, if not i reckon deffo the pressure cap 

[markie_wales]

New pressure cap arrived yesterday but the more I think about it, the more I think it's the plumbing. So once sorted at least I've treated her to a new cap (hat ).

Cheers

Markie

[markie_wales]

Well problem solved. As I had begun to suspect the over flow pipe (at the top of the filler neck) and the carb heater pipe (1/5 way down the radiator) were swapped over. Easy mistake to make when rebuilding a bike I suppose, and with 1/5 less water in the rad didn't notice until the weather got a bit warmer.

So I didn't need the new rad cap, and been through several litres of coolant sorting it out!

Once I traced the hoses to see they were indeed incorrectly routed/connected, swapped them over, refilled the rad and reservoir tank, fired it up and all was good. Will take out for an extended ride over the weekend with plenty of stops to check but all looking good.

cheers

Markie

[Dave48]

Alls well that ends well! 

[markie_wales]

Dave, yup great when you sort something out before the weekend. Out for a few sherbets tonight with a crowd as it's my birthday next weekend, so the beer will taste that little bit sweeter, and no nagging thoughts at the back of my mind!

Cheers

Markie

[tommyardin]

A Result, well done Markie.
Stupid things like that cause all sorts of thoughts to run through your mind and us bikers we tend to think of the worse case scenario.
Really glad its sorted, a couple of minutes swapping the two pipes over and jobs-a-goodun.    [size=78%] [/size]

[markie_wales]

A Result, well done Markie.
Stupid things like that cause all sorts of thoughts to run through your mind and us bikers we tend to think of the worse case scenario.
Really glad its sorted, a couple of minutes swapping the two pipes over and jobs-a-goodun.    [size=78%] [/size]

Agree about thinking the worst - I had visions of water pump seal replacement which reading up on it is a all day job!

Cheers

Markie

[fazer-rat]

well done on sorting it,, certainly was a weird one 

[dame]

glad to see you sorted it,
Ive just bought my Fazer and have noticed its getting very hot very quickly,

the header tank was low so I topped it up, didn't like the look of the other residue in there, or the  residue on the rad cap...

Im seriously thinking head gasket, but hoping  its not.

anything else i can do and has anyone tried that steel seal I've seen?

gutted!

[dame]

on mine, couldn't just be a thermostat could it?