Exhaust leak or something else?
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Exhaust leak or something else?
Hello,
Long time lurker, first time writer.
I recently did my license and also bought a 2005 CBR 600 F4i which is running great.
There is only one issue that is somewhat troubling me..there seems to be some black "soothe" (?) near the exhaust headers..and it's also making some weird chirping noise (when cold) which turns into a "clicking" noise later on..increases with RPM's.
The dark stuff only appears near one header, all the rest are clear and clean. I scratched it off once to see if it would re-appear (the silver scratched area) and it did..
So my question is - could this be a exhaust leak from a broken gasket maybe or could this also be something else?
Thank you.
Long time lurker, first time writer.
I recently did my license and also bought a 2005 CBR 600 F4i which is running great.
There is only one issue that is somewhat troubling me..there seems to be some black "soothe" (?) near the exhaust headers..and it's also making some weird chirping noise (when cold) which turns into a "clicking" noise later on..increases with RPM's.
The dark stuff only appears near one header, all the rest are clear and clean. I scratched it off once to see if it would re-appear (the silver scratched area) and it did..
So my question is - could this be a exhaust leak from a broken gasket maybe or could this also be something else?
Thank you.
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Now, those pics were... decent for problem diagnosis, but we'd like to see the whole bike!
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Okay, from 2nd glance it looks like i might be chasing 2 separate issues..one about the "sooth" under exhaust manifold and another about the "ticking".
I went and took the plastics off today and made sure all the screws are OK etcetc and then turned the bike on. I then took a screwdriver and put one end on my ear and another on various parts of the bike in order to try and find a more precise locations for this ticking..
I found that it's more noticeable when i put the screw driver in these areas:
Any idea what might be causing ticking sounds from inside there?
I went and took the plastics off today and made sure all the screws are OK etcetc and then turned the bike on. I then took a screwdriver and put one end on my ear and another on various parts of the bike in order to try and find a more precise locations for this ticking..
I found that it's more noticeable when i put the screw driver in these areas:
Any idea what might be causing ticking sounds from inside there?
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