My bike has recently started to leak coolant. To save time i have narrowed it down to the thermostat housing cover and the hose for that part.
At first coolant started to leak from thermostat cover so i added a new o-ring along with waterpump/thermostat gasket sealent. It was still leaking but this time from the hose so i added a gasket kinda stuff to the inside of the radiator hose that goes over the thermostat cover and its still leaking from that area. Im pretty sure i just need new a new radiator hose and thermostat cover.

Any ideas where i can get a stainless steel radiator hose? The hose that goes from the thermostat cover into the radiator. Im missing the service door for the right side so i want it to be better looking then black rubber. Thanks for the help.

PS i have tried googling it but i cant find anything. Bikebandit wants 34 bucks for a new black hose so i may as well see if there are any stainless steel ones.

 

The one's I've seen used to totally rice the crap out of your car are pretty pricey. More towards $65. Unfortunately, that's all I can find for you in the way of SS hoses. The ends are not braided so you can get a clamp on them.

FYI ServiceHonda is cheaper than BikeBandit.

 

I just looked at servicehonda and alot of there stuff is more expensive. Maybe parts other than cooling will be cheaper. Radiator hoses are the same though. I think i may just get a regular hose and get a sleeve to put over it.

 

It looks like that's how the stainless ones are made. It didn't even look like the sleeves fit real tightly or anything. Seemed strange. It may be about the same price to just find a service door, but I donno.

 

Fixed it. I ended up cleaning it really well with sand paper and then putting some gasket sealent around the o-ring. I put it on and let it dry and watched really carefully if it would start leaking. Sure enough a small crack in the housing was present and thats where it was coming from. Instead of buying a new one i put some Bars radiator stop leak(about 2oz of it) in my bike and no more leak!!! EFFIN SWEET.

The lesson i learned is if you take time to properly troubleshoot the issue you will save ALOT of time and money.

 

Rad. stop leak may not (definitely will not...) be a permanent fix, but now you've pinpointed the problem.

 

Ya i took the cover off today and sanded it down a bit and applied liquid metal to it. Works like new now

 

Sounds like a crack on the hose neck, maybe hairline.

Treat coolant like oil, you dont want to blow an enigine orwarp a head over a cheap fix.

 

Good man, good man. Much better than stop glop.