Head Gasket

[Lonewulf666]

Bike is overheating and there's coolant in the head of the 3rd cylinder. I'm in Whiting Iowa. Luckily that's where I was headed for a job but it's ending in a couple of weeks and my options are limited. Can I make it the 7 hour trip to Chicago from here if I stop a lot and refill the coolant or will I almost definitely warp my head before I get there? Can I get away with just doing the one side that's messed up? Thanks everybody. I may not be able to respond for a few days because of work.

 

[joedrum]

you cant make it ...the cooling system has no way of fighting the pressure of combustion ...this is no option in my opinion ...sorry but why destroy it ...it fixable now probably

 

[dan filipi]

Just wondering how you know there's coolant in #3.
You don't mean you can see coolant on the outside do you? In which case that would be an external leak, maybe from the coolant crossover tube.

But yeah agree, if it is in fact a blown head gasket don't run it. It will get worse and likely do damage that is repairable now.

 

[silverbullet]

Agree with all of the above. You won't make it. Run it & you will only creat more headaches for yourself.

 

[Lonewulf666]

right on, thanks everybody.

 

[slabghost]

I bought my gaskets from this Ebay seller. Not OEM but nice and good price.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/caribalt/m.html ... 7675.l2562

 

[dan filipi]

slabghost » Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:14 pm[/url]":3115533b]
I bought my gaskets from this Ebay seller. Not OEM but nice and good price.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/caribalt/m.html ... 7675.l2562

I think those are the same I'm running on my bike.

 

[slabghost]

those are the ones in my dresser. The 1200 ones.