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Water in the oil?

Old Jun 10, 2006 | 02:04 AM
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I bought a 1994 cbr 600 f2 last week. Someone tried working on it and the thermostat houseing was missing. I sprayed some water in while cleaning of the bike. Well when I went to change the oil, water poured out of the drain plug. I pulled the motor and checked it out. I cant see a hole or crack. Wondering if it might be a head gasket? The oil cooler and cylinder walls seem fine.
 
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Old Jun 10, 2006 | 07:22 AM
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Are you sure there wasn't water in the oil already? I'm assuming that if the thermostat housing was missing that you didn't run it -- so if water transferred from the cooling side to the oil side by the pressure of only a waterhose I'd say you got big problems with that motor. Since you already pulled the motor, I'd go ahead and do a complete tear down on the head and definitely a new gasket. Still, I'm wondering if there's any other way you can think of that the water could've mixed with the oil -- doesn't seem likely that it just migrated over simply by spraying it. Was anything else not on the motor while you were cleaning it?
 
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Old Jun 11, 2006 | 12:24 AM
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Well before I pulled the motor I ranwater into the thermostat houseing useing a funnel and about 3/4 of a gallon went in before it started pouring out of the oil drain plug. I checked the oil cooler and houseing, nothing. I checked the water jackets of the cylinders no cracks or holes. I looked at the head but there are alot of small passages I couldnt get a good look in. The only bike salvage place in the area said they had an f3 motor for $325 but he also said it has a blown head gasket.
Cylinders 2 and 4 seem to have residue looks like burnt coolant maybe?
 
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Old Jun 12, 2006 | 12:09 PM
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Doubt this'll help ...

I changed the stator cover gasket once. Rinsed out the housing with waterhose (to get rid of gasket material that I scraped off). Pulled the oil drain plug and water came out. Maybe he did the same. I left the drain plug off for about 2 hours so that any water would evaporate then filled changed the filter and added oil. Bike's been fine ever since.
 
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