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tt17579

well after about 25 mins riding home from work, I pulled in the garage and switch the key off. I start hearing this drip, drip, drip. I look under and coolant is pouring out. *** happend. I mean I wasn't even beating the thing and this. Basically help me out here I love this bike, I want to know what the worst that could happen now, and what should I expect to be wrong/ do about this problem. Please help

FuryFour

wheres it coming from?

sometime mine will boil out the cap

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Zed

Radiator

Zed

Sorry, should have said get some kitchen roll, work from the bottom up, looking for blue stains. I had a leak from the radiator - took a long time to convince the garage

tt17579

well I took the fairing off, and came to the conclusion that it was coming from the I guess its an overflow tube, that routes and snakes it's way down through the opening on the bottom of the faing by the oil pan. K so now if that is it, what would of caused this? Over full running just to hot. or any thing else? would you recomend me flushing it out, and if so can you explain the procedures to me please? what type of coolant should I use? off topic but I am going to change my plugs and do injector cleaner, any recomendations on this as well?

Will

If you look at the overflow tank, I bet it is well above the "max" mark when the bike is hot and below the "min" mark when the bike is cold. You have a bubble somewhere in your cooling system. Put the bike on a rear stand with the lowers off and take off the radiator cap. Start the motor and watch the coolant in the radiator. You will see it start to move. Put distilled water in the radiator until it is completely full. Squeeze the topmost coolant hose a bunch of times, and chances are the coolant level will drop. Fill the radiator again, and squeeze the hose again. Keep repeating until the coolant level doesn't drop. Shut off the engine and put the cap back on. Then make sure the overflow tank is filled to between the max and min marks.

The problem should stop. If you don't have a rear stand, have somebody help you because the radiator cap is on the left side of the bike and you will still have bubbles trapped in your radiator if the bike isn't level when you burp the system.

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B02S4

Great info Will, thanks.

Catenaccio

Not meaning to be a rube, but I found my S4 likes to spit coolant until it finds the proper level. As long as it doesn't run too hot or worse yet dry, I leave it alone.

FuryFour

my s4 does wahtever it wants...evil evil machine

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Will

Ah, well, my 675 puked a bunch of coolant this evening, but I think it is a loose hose or something. I have to investigate over the weekend to make sure it isn't draining itself.

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