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- Duncanville, Texas
- My Bike Models
- 1981 GL1100 Innerstate("The Turd")SOLD!!, 1996 GL1500 Innerstate
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Yeeeesh...I just cain't get a break...
Since I completed my stator swap, and finally got the ignition fixed, the bike has been runnin great. I had noticed that it seemed to be runnin a little cooler than before, which is a gud thing. But....this past week I noticed it was starting to run hotter than before when I get into traffic. Now, usually, the temp would climb when I stopped, but go back down once I started moving again. Recently, however, it doesn't seem to cool back down...it just kinda stays around mid-way on the gauge, but will climb past halfway in traffic eventually.
I have been smellin a little coolant at times, but I have yet to see evidence of any leaks. So, this mornin, once I got to werk, I checked the overflow bottle, and it was pretty much empty. I get a bottle of water and pour some in, and I see.....OIL.... :rant:
This is NOT gud, I says to meself....not gud at ALL. :crying: I check the oil, and there is no evidence of coolant/water in the oil, so...what the heck? Are the water pump seals capable of allowing oil into the coolant, but not coolant into the oil? I know I have had a small oil leak thru the weep-hole below the water pump ever since I've had this bike, and I have always assumed it was the water pump seals leaking.
Someone PLEASE tell me changing the water pump & seals will stop this madness.... :beg:
Yeeeesh...I just cain't get a break...
Since I completed my stator swap, and finally got the ignition fixed, the bike has been runnin great. I had noticed that it seemed to be runnin a little cooler than before, which is a gud thing. But....this past week I noticed it was starting to run hotter than before when I get into traffic. Now, usually, the temp would climb when I stopped, but go back down once I started moving again. Recently, however, it doesn't seem to cool back down...it just kinda stays around mid-way on the gauge, but will climb past halfway in traffic eventually.
I have been smellin a little coolant at times, but I have yet to see evidence of any leaks. So, this mornin, once I got to werk, I checked the overflow bottle, and it was pretty much empty. I get a bottle of water and pour some in, and I see.....OIL.... :rant:
This is NOT gud, I says to meself....not gud at ALL. :crying: I check the oil, and there is no evidence of coolant/water in the oil, so...what the heck? Are the water pump seals capable of allowing oil into the coolant, but not coolant into the oil? I know I have had a small oil leak thru the weep-hole below the water pump ever since I've had this bike, and I have always assumed it was the water pump seals leaking.
Someone PLEASE tell me changing the water pump & seals will stop this madness.... :beg: