oil in my radiator and water in my oil if you have experience this please help.
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08-19-2008, 05:15 PM
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oil in my radiator and water in my oil if you have experience this please help.
So for no good reason i overheated the bike and to make a long stry short I just today noticed that there is oil leaking into the coolant and vice versa. So my big question is for those of you that have seen this on a f4i is it usually just the gasket or do they tend to crack somewhere. Also wheres a good spot to get the gaskets. And does anyone have the repair manual link handy? I know i used to have it but cant seem to find it.
thanks Matt
thanks Matt
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08-19-2008, 05:37 PM
RE: oil in my radiator and water in my oil if you have experience this please help.
Head gasket sounds like the issue. From the experience i have seen with bikes anyways.....Shouldnt be much trouble for a descently mechanically inclined person. But if you have too, i'd send it to the shop. Let them take care of it and warranty their work.....Would hate to see u do it urself and have the gasket not seal properly.....=-)
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RE: oil in my radiator and water in my oil if you have experience this please help.
unfortunately I am mechanicaly inclined and so it sounds like another project for me. I just need to track down that service manual and some gaskets. something i really didnt want to do without being able to add performance at the same time.
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08-19-2008, 09:30 PM
RE: oil in my radiator and water in my oil if you have experience this please help.
not a bad idea to at least take the head to a machine shop and have it pressure checked for cracks and checked for straightness. Aluminum heads like to warp easily. If need be have them machine off a tiny bit, and i do mean tiny, dont wanna mess with compression too much on these engines. I know the shop i used to work at charged like $40 to do above said things down here in atlanta.
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08-19-2008, 09:41 PM
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08-20-2008, 04:58 AM
RE: oil in my radiator and water in my oil if you have experience this please help.
Best solution, send it in to a shop. Gasket change, very likely might need some machining on the aluminum head. You never really know until you open it up, Oil in water is bad. Water in oil is scary. I hope you did not get to ridethe bikein this condition.
Good luck.
Good luck.
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RE: oil in my radiator and water in my oil if you have experience this please help.
Well I just got the head off and there are no obvious signs of cracking or gasket failure so I will probally check for warpage sometime this weekend. As for that oil cooler coment made, Do F4i's actually have a oil cooler? I didnt think so but havent really looked for one either.