Triumphrat

Zee675 · 06-29-2009, 11:30 PM

I have had my S Triple for over a year now and have kept up with the reg scheduled maintenance... I had just had it in for the 6000 mile maintenance about a month ago... Today I was out riding with 2 friends and we stopped at one of our ex GF homes... while I sat there on my bike waiting on my friend my bike dumped all it's coolant... overheated and died... now it won't start... I turn the key to on and not even the computer turns on... nothing happens... is my bike --- or is that just a safety measure from the computer?

ngc4945 · 06-30-2009, 12:04 AM

I imagine it wouldn't be good if you left the engine running after the coolant was dumped. If you turned it straight off it should have at least minimised any damage.

I don't suppose you noticed what the temperature gauge was doing when it dumped the coolant - it may have only been a split hose but I suppose you would have checked that by now before you tried starting it again?

Some things that could have happened if it really overheated badly would be a blown gasket or even warping the engine block - especially if you put cold water straight in after it overheated. I wouldn't panic though until you take it to a proper bike mechanic and see what they find. Best of luck with it.

Zee675 · 06-30-2009, 01:03 AM

what is really throwing me off is that not the bike doesn't even turn on... so that leads me to believe that there is something wrong with the computer or power supply... if the engine siezed up would that prevent the bike from turning on?

Zee675 · 06-30-2009, 01:29 AM

And yes the temperature guage went from 6 or 7 bars to over 9 in less than 30 seconds... then the bike just went eh... no sooner than my buddy said hey your bikes leaking something I looked and it was already pooling and running down the street... I then looked at the gauges and it was up arround 9 bars at least... then it shut off... and it won't turn on... we checked the coolant and it was empty presumably because it all drained out... I had checked the coolant about a weak earlier and it was above the minimum level... I'm just at a loss for an explanation... I'm not a mechanic and had just been following the reg scheduled maintenance checking things on my own periodically... As I said I had just had it in for the 6000 mile maintenance at arround 6500 miles and this happened at about 7800 miles...

Zee675 · 06-30-2009, 01:36 AM

Also the bike is sitting behind a tattoo shop a block away that a friend of mine works at. We just put the bike into neutral and walked it over there. Tried to start it up 3 hours later but the computer wouldn't turn on, another friend of mine suggested disconnecting the battery and reconnecting it. We think this might reset the computer. Before we do this though I am going to refill the coolant with the sugested 50/50 mixture that it suggests in the owners manual. Unless anyone has some better advice. May be I should just put it up on a trailer and take it to the dealership and let them look at it. I'm sure they would know what to do.

Zee675 · 06-30-2009, 01:59 AM

I think I may have figured out what happened... I had washed the bike earier in the day at a car bay and used a high pressure washer... I must have damaged the radiator by accident... I found a Caution paragraph in the owners manual on p 75 warning of this... now I'm just praying to high heaven that the engine isn't ---...

Lucid Triple · 06-30-2009, 09:32 AM

best to take it to a dealer and have them repair it..

AaronP220R · 06-30-2009, 10:38 AM

I would take it to the dealer. It's going to be the safest bet. Sorry.

Oh...and very high pressure water and exposed engine/radiator/electrical stuff= very bad!

jsobell · 06-30-2009, 11:23 AM

Spraying the radiator is extremely unlikely to do any damage. The main risk of high-pressure hoses is that they either force water past rubber seals into electrics or force it into sealed bearings.
I had to repair the ECU in a Ducati a few years ago after the dealer high-pressure washed it and water got inside the fully sealed unit

I can't think how this would cause a collant leak unless you damaged either the radiator cooling fan or temperature sensor, and the temperature overloaded when you were stationary.

Cheers,
Jason

AaronP220R · 06-30-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jsobell

Spraying the radiator is extremely unlikely to do any damage.

I don't know what the PSI of that water sprayers are, but I'm sure if you're close enough you could cut a brass radiator core...