Vrod coolant problems
by Editor on 06/26/22
Still finding things needing to be fixed on this bike...
Right from the day I got this in November I could smell coolant. (I've only ridden the bike for an hour & half that day & it's been parked since)
When I found the broken coolant bottle cap a few weeks ago I thought that was the source of the smell & be any easy fix. Unfortunately it was not the case...
Turns out the the metal tube mating surface for the rad cap is damaged & had to be replaced. My guess is the cap had been put back on carelessly a bunch of times when topping up the rad because of the overflow tube not being hooked up.
Replacing the metal tube is an easy job and luckily I was able to get one.
Oh, before you ask, yes I tried a new cap and yes it still leaked and had the smell. Yes I check all the clamps, yes I checked the drain plug. (Would have been great if that's all it was)
*Yes I taped any possible contact surfaces to protect that unicorn blue paint... standard practice here at the asylum ; )
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