Ok here it is. I took my plastics off today to do some spring cleaning, getting it ready for the weather. Turned her on and let her run about 15 minutes. Was inspecting the bike without the plastics, see if anything is leaking, and noticed this faint white smoke as if oil is burning off. I investigate and find that it's this green liquid, so I'm 99% sure its coolant. I'm going to be flushing the coolant soon also.

Here are the pics if anyone can help me figure this problem out, the drip is very slow and im thinking its just a loose bolt somewhere, but before I do anything myself, i want some opinions.


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Please ignore the mess under there, I'm cleaning !!!

Thanks for any help guys.

 

lol - aside from being poison it's fine to taste.

Where did the coolant come out... if you overheated it then it is no surprise... don't idle it for 15 minutes either!

Coolant is much easier to flush/fill than most people think... the hardest part is getting rid of the old stuff and finding the RIGHT new stuff. The local dealership will cost more, but it will be the right stuff. Be very carefull of you go to the local autoshop that you don't get stuff with silica... that'll chew up your water pump.

 

I did a diy coolant flush/change. It looks good so you might just need to flush it once. Try and follow the trail of white residue (dried up coolant) i can see its higher then the bolt in the 1st pic.

Check both of those hoses make sure there on all the way and tight. If not it seems like someone might have done a coolant flush before and it seems like its been leaking for a while. Id check to make sure that bolt is tight. I believe its 9.3 ft lbs

 

Looks like it's coming out of the weep hole?

 

clean it all up...and watch for it again...and torque down all the bolts.

if it doesn't come out again...you're good, if it comes out of the weep hole, you need a new water pump.

 

was there any crusty-white residue on the outside of the hose at all that you cleaned? it looks like there is a little bit in that 2nd picture...

 

That was just some wax that got on the hoses.


I wiped the area clean, and no leaks, It seems to only show after running it.



Also, what is the weep hole? The little square hole right there on the water pump?

 

There is possibly no pressure left in there so it might not leak. Best bet is to start it and run it and just pretty much sit there and watch it leak and see where its coming from lol

 

Looks like the water pump gasket. I think there is an o-ring under the housing.