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a18 klr650 <500 miles leaking
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 2:58 am
by Matus
http://www.matus1976.com/motorcycles/leak/klr_leak.htm
Click on any picture for a larger one,
I discovered a leak on my A-18 after a shorter ride. The long yellow
arrow above points to a small blue drop hanging from the silver pipe.
The leak appears to be coming from the coolant container. The
additionally arrows show places where the liquid has leaked and splashed
onto the motorcycle parts.
The yellow circle also shows the general area where all of the leaking
coolant appears to land. Also note the yellow arrow above pointing to a
mounting screw hole. Amazingly there was no screw actually in this hole,
although there was on the other side
Here you can see the two areas the leak seems to be coming from. The two
plastic clips that make up a sandwich pointed at by the smaller of the
two arrors.
I am just about to do my 500 mile maintains, should I fix this leak
myself or hand the bike over to the shop for warranty repair work?
I'm voting for the latter so far.
Michael
a18 klr650 <500 miles leaking
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 7:29 am
by Darren Clark
Check to see if you have a hose that goes from the top of the overflow
tank out to the back of the bike. My A18 did the exact same thing, and
the hose was missing (it's about 5' long too). I ended up taking the
seat, gas tank and front plastic off to fix it. Otherwise your dealer
might be on crack and forgot to tighten the cap on the overflow tank.
Over 1000 miles and no more leaking.
Darren Clark
Matus wrote:
>
http://www.matus1976.com/motorcycles/leak/klr_leak.htm
>
>Click on any picture for a larger one,
>
>I discovered a leak on my A-18 after a shorter ride. The long yellow
>arrow above points to a small blue drop hanging from the silver pipe.
>The leak appears to be coming from the coolant container. The
>additionally arrows show places where the liquid has leaked and splashed
>onto the motorcycle parts.
>
>The yellow circle also shows the general area where all of the leaking
>coolant appears to land. Also note the yellow arrow above pointing to a
>mounting screw hole. Amazingly there was no screw actually in this hole,
>although there was on the other side
>
>Here you can see the two areas the leak seems to be coming from. The two
>plastic clips that make up a sandwich pointed at by the smaller of the
>two arrors.
>
>I am just about to do my 500 mile maintains, should I fix this leak
>myself or hand the bike over to the shop for warranty repair work?
>
>I'm voting for the latter so far.
>
>Michael
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a18 klr650 <500 miles leaking
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:26 am
by Doug Herr
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Matus wrote:
Nothing wrong with warranty repair if is done well. The trouble
is that "well" is few and far between. If you plan to use the
dealer mostly in the life of your bike then just do it that way.
If you plan to "do it yourself" mostly (as most here do) then you
should find the leak yourself and only use warranty if you need a
replacement coolant tank or other expensive part. Odds are good
that it is just a hose or similar. You mentioned a missing
nut/bolt I think. This is the norm unless you have re-done
everything with lock tight.
The dealer that I got my bikes from has proven to me that it is
not wise to let them touch the bikes. I do it all myself.
--
Doug Herr
doug@...
a18 klr650 <500 miles leaking
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:30 pm
by sdnz13
--- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Matus" wrote:
Mine did the exact same thing when I picked it up from the dealer.
it was a combination of problems. the dealer filled the coolant tank
all the way to the top, it would warm up, the coolant would expand,
and then it would be forced through the loose filler cap. when
Idrained the tank to the proper level and tightened the cap, the
problem went away.
do it yourself and forget the dealer. if your's is the same as mine
was, i'd never go back to that dealer again.
SDNZ 13
a18 klr650 <500 miles leaking
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 2:03 am
by Matus
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Clark [mailto:biggranger@...]
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 8:25 AM
> To:
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] A18 KLR650
> ...Otherwise your dealer
> might be on crack and forgot to tighten the cap on the overflow tank.
>
Thanks everyone for your comments.
Well, apparently my dealer was on crack, or at least heroin. The cap
was on, but not quite, it was clearly screwed on at the wrong angle. The
black plastic piece just in front of the overflow tank had a clear
dribble path which started right at the overflow cap and ended right
where I was noticing the drops forming.
Is there any issue with mixing the blue coolant in the A18 with the
green coolant typically found in cars? (I have a new container of that)
Michael
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by wgmcham@webtv.net
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