01-04-13, 08:38 PM
Explore ALL other possibilities first, you'll be very unlucky if it has gone. Are there white coolant stains in around the collector box of the exhaust? There's a weephole in there somewhere....you may need a torch to check the nooks / crannies unless you take the pipes off.
Pictures for reference below
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee91/...torBox.jpg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee91/...CT0017.jpg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee91/...CT0011.jpg
Only me & one other chap have had waterpump failure this side of the Atlantic. I had oil in residual cylinder head coolant and after a long ride no coolant in her at all - boiled dry! I suspect that the previous owner ran her for years with a radiator leak & kept topping up with water instead of proper coolant, which rotted the waterpump system.
On mine, I had to rebuild / replace it but fortunately was able to do it myself using the Clymer manual & the FZ01a site waterpump rebuild thread, which made it fairly easy. I also changed the head gasket as a precaution - allowed me to check all the valve clearances early too....
Pictures for reference below
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee91/...torBox.jpg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee91/...CT0017.jpg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee91/...CT0011.jpg
Only me & one other chap have had waterpump failure this side of the Atlantic. I had oil in residual cylinder head coolant and after a long ride no coolant in her at all - boiled dry! I suspect that the previous owner ran her for years with a radiator leak & kept topping up with water instead of proper coolant, which rotted the waterpump system.
On mine, I had to rebuild / replace it but fortunately was able to do it myself using the Clymer manual & the FZ01a site waterpump rebuild thread, which made it fairly easy. I also changed the head gasket as a precaution - allowed me to check all the valve clearances early too....