Post by cloudsifter on Dec 3, 2012 18:18:42 GMT -5
Alright, 3rd thread today about things found during this checkup I'm performing.
I decided to check that my radiator is still full of coolant and top off the radiator overflow, also.
Radiator only needed maybe an ounce of 50/50... however, upon checking the radiator overflow, and finding it a bit shy of the 'Low" line...I commenced to topping it off...and saw what I thought was a little drip. I thought I had been sloppy in my filling of it.
Nope- as best I can tell there is a leak roughly on the bottom, somewhere in the area where the (I'll call it a "nipple) is molded into the plastic about halfway back on the reservoir. This little nipple sets in a hole that I guess is supposed to be a mount of sorts. I did not pull the reservoir out as I do not want to "break" it before I have some kind of goop to seal it up (in between ordering a replacement and getting a new one in.)
Should that thing just rotate out of there as I do not see the zip-tie hanger that was OEM holding it up when I did my flush n fills originally a few months ago?
What is a good sealant to seal that puppy up with in the interim?
It doesn't seem as it would be a problem riding- as #1 it's not summer anymore, and #2 if it was summer, then "overflow" function would work fine and unless I overheated and pissed a bunch of 50/50 on the ground, then it would only need periodic checking of the level in the reservoir. Judging by my eye, it probably does hold a good bit even below the low line, but could not be counted on long term without topping the level up to the 'leak line'.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts/suggestions.
James
I decided to check that my radiator is still full of coolant and top off the radiator overflow, also.
Radiator only needed maybe an ounce of 50/50... however, upon checking the radiator overflow, and finding it a bit shy of the 'Low" line...I commenced to topping it off...and saw what I thought was a little drip. I thought I had been sloppy in my filling of it.
Nope- as best I can tell there is a leak roughly on the bottom, somewhere in the area where the (I'll call it a "nipple) is molded into the plastic about halfway back on the reservoir. This little nipple sets in a hole that I guess is supposed to be a mount of sorts. I did not pull the reservoir out as I do not want to "break" it before I have some kind of goop to seal it up (in between ordering a replacement and getting a new one in.)
Should that thing just rotate out of there as I do not see the zip-tie hanger that was OEM holding it up when I did my flush n fills originally a few months ago?
What is a good sealant to seal that puppy up with in the interim?
It doesn't seem as it would be a problem riding- as #1 it's not summer anymore, and #2 if it was summer, then "overflow" function would work fine and unless I overheated and pissed a bunch of 50/50 on the ground, then it would only need periodic checking of the level in the reservoir. Judging by my eye, it probably does hold a good bit even below the low line, but could not be counted on long term without topping the level up to the 'leak line'.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts/suggestions.
James
and I ride just about year round.