got that sweet sickly smell of warm coolant today
when I was up in the back roads taking a ride up to
Mt Agamenticus. When I parked the bike at the
summit there were no leaks just that tell tale smell.

I seem to remember someone saying something about
a "T" joint failing or something like that.

Anyone got any tips and part numbers for it off the
cuff ? ........yeah I know I'm being lazy but
I plan to track it down and fix it asap

 

Nah Steve ..........not leaking, just smoking from in under the fairings somewhere......actually
coming up from under the fuel tank somewhere........tomorrow I 'll strip her down the
run it up to temp and see what's going on

 

Sprock
You're taking lazy to new heights. You must have raised the bar by at least six inches by this little attempt at armchair mechanics. Isn't your butler still alive?

Here ya go. I'll be the manual bitch tonight then.





If I can offer a little advice here I'd suggest you don't go to Honda for the hoses unless the pipes you're after are specially formed round the tight curves or the nylon knuckles for instance. I have enquired about the cost and availability of them recently. They're quite expensive one is now even discontinued by Honda. Most can be replaced by decent stock car hoses.
First you gotta find the leak.

Sharpen your head and get them fairings off. Get her hot and take a look. I'm sure it won't take long to find where it's weeping/steaming/hissing/pissing out.
Definitely check the lowest hose on the L/H side of the engine which connects to the water pump. This gets a lot of oil on it due to its close proximity to the chain. I'm definitely going to replace mine, but I think it's the one that's been discontinued. Not really a problem. Take it to your local car dealer and find something that will work. There's a good market in universal hose which looks quite good but I must admit I've not used a lot of that stuff before so can't really say whether it's 100% reliable.
I had a pipe about 50 mm long which fits just under the thermostat blow a pin sized hole in it one day on the way to work. Sounded like Casey Jones's good ole enjin blowing off steam. Took me two hours to fix on the roadside. Bastard thing!
A car dealer within half an hour walk had the pipe. For a fiver I got enough pipe for ten spares. Cut off what I needed and it was a perfect fit.
Good luck mate!
This kind of thing is a really good reason to check that your bike tool kit is up to the mark. Get some pipe repair tape to carry amongst any other bits you might deem a must in the emergency equipment kit, just in case, but use your bike tool kit to take the bike apart sometimes. It could save your life one day.

 

Thanks Henry you are right ........armchair mechanics .........LOL

I suspect it's the upper hose somewhere most likely. We'll find out
in the am

 

Remove the right side cowl, look under the upper cowl under the thermostat and you'll see a black Y connector. That's most likely were it's coming from. One hose goes to the thermostat, one to the head and one across the valve cover and down to the water pump. You can smell it because it's dripping onto the exhaust and vaporizing.

 

looks like malbojah has been there...
He's probably right. Either there or the connections on the block or radiator.
Can't be a whole lot more since you're burning it off. Little crack in the rad is possible, too, so it is.... but jeez....

LMAO! Come on, Henry... you're not on a plane headed over to fix it by now?

 

Hey, if the age of your hoses is unknown, while you're mucking around, it might be a good idea to go ahead and replace all of the hoses and fittings, etc. It might seem expensive, but a) it's not more expensive than a tow truck and a hotel, and b) if you get stranded somewhere, you won't be saying "well, I might be in East BF in the middle of the night, but at least I saved that $60 on hoses last winter!"

 

LMAO! Come on, Henry... you're not on a plane headed over to fix it by now?
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Sorry man, I'd love to but I've got problems with my own butler.. taking time off when he should be removing old gaskets from my engine. Looks like I'm gonna have to do it myself....as usual.

C'mon Sprock, haven't you found the problem yet?

 

Well have her all naked but it being Sunday and all the Missus has called a "family time"
out.

Got time to check the overflow resevoir .........= DRY !
Pulled the Rad Cap ........Still see fluid ........phew.

When I get back from the family hike on the marginal way
I'll start her up and see what's what.

I think Malbojah is on the money here with the vaporizing on the
exhaust explanation .......there's residual evidence around the Y
that that is indeed what is going on.

We'll find out later........I'll take a few PIC's anyhow .....back later