Goldwings are suppose to last forever, RIGHT. Started out on a ride with a friend and about fifteen miles from home I see the temp gage climbing and white smoke pouring out of the right bank, yep, blew a head gasket.
Ok, I pulled the head but what I found troubled me, #3 looks like it had been experiencing detonation, #1 also showed minor signs, but not as bad as #3. Well I went ahead and pulled the left head and all seems fine. After scratching my old head while waiting for the heads to come back from the machine shop I wondered why I would have detonation on the right bank, and not the left. Timing belts are the only thing I could think of, could the right side been off one notch, or possibly jumped a notch. I did bring #1 to TDC on the compression stroke before pulling her down but I didn't pay close attention to the timing marks, was no reason to. Machine shop said neither head was warped, I did the valves, guides, and seals even though they actually seemed in pretty good shape.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this, or have any other ideas?
Ok, I pulled the head but what I found troubled me, #3 looks like it had been experiencing detonation, #1 also showed minor signs, but not as bad as #3. Well I went ahead and pulled the left head and all seems fine. After scratching my old head while waiting for the heads to come back from the machine shop I wondered why I would have detonation on the right bank, and not the left. Timing belts are the only thing I could think of, could the right side been off one notch, or possibly jumped a notch. I did bring #1 to TDC on the compression stroke before pulling her down but I didn't pay close attention to the timing marks, was no reason to. Machine shop said neither head was warped, I did the valves, guides, and seals even though they actually seemed in pretty good shape.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this, or have any other ideas?