Smokey !

KFOR · Post by **KFOR** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:31 pm

Hi all, I have noticed the left exhaust is letting out white smoke, not the usual 2 stroke lovelyness that smells so good

Any thoughts please
Cheers

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:54 pm

is it steam? blown head gasket? Is your cooling system full?

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:44 pm

and incase you've tried to phone/text me, I left my phone in the office on Friday.

KFOR · Post by **KFOR** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:43 pm

Luders wrote:is it steam? blown head gasket? Is your cooling system full?

Hi Ben, The cooling system is full however i have only recently topped it up. Whilst we were at Mallory together i did notice a slight drop off in power before the CDi went down.

I will check on if its Steam tomorrow and give you a bell.

could it of blown the head gasket so soon after all it was only a running in day !? could it be the rings ?

Cheers

KFOR · Post by **KFOR** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:49 pm

Yep, bubbles in the expansion bottle Ben coupled with white smoke = blown headgasket, knowing is 50% of the way fixed $\:D/$

Kev

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:51 pm

It's a complete pisser, but a lesson learnt by both of us on this one.

When you fit the new gasket, put a healthy amount of three bond on both sides of the gasket, bolt it all down to the barrels and leave it over night to completely go off.

headcoats · Post by **headcoats** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:50 pm

Plus don't put the water in or even kick it over with the spark plugs in until the sealant has gone off

KFOR · Post by **KFOR** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:56 pm

Thanks .... All done and engine is now running crispy sweet, all ready for castle Coombe

Now looking for some zxr400 forks etc. I'm off to pm Salty, I think he mentioned he has some.

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:17 am

He has some wheels too you might be interested in.

fred · Post by **fred** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:20 pm

when are you at castle coombe , ime just up the road at kemble

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:39 pm

April 25th I'm at work that day

fred · Post by **fred** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:47 pm

bugger got the 23rd off ,cant realy push for another day