muaymendez1 Posted May 30, 2014 Share #1 Posted May 30, 2014 Stopped at a light got the antifreeze smell and loss of white smoke. Uggh. Just did the valves, and so much other maintenance. So how involved is this job abd do I need to take the heads to a machine shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankd Posted May 30, 2014 Share #2 Posted May 30, 2014 Are you certain that it's a head gasket? It's much more likely that it's a loose or damaged hose, or a radiator leak. Frank D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muaymendez1 Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted May 30, 2014 It's leaking into the combustion chamber and coming out as steam from the left exhaust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonm. Posted May 30, 2014 Share #4 Posted May 30, 2014 the head is NOT likely needing machining unless it happened due to overheating. You said losts of maint. just done. Did you change the coolant and maybe not fill it up ? Does the '99 have a temp gauge ? if it just has a warning light that you may have not noticed........... how many miles ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin-vic-b.c. Posted May 30, 2014 Share #5 Posted May 30, 2014 I have never heard of this in the past so I do hope some of the long time 2nd gen guys step up to help with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muaymendez1 Posted May 31, 2014 Author Share #6 Posted May 31, 2014 Ok so I got some info on the bike. My buddy left it for me abd passed away. So a mutual buddy told me that on his last trip. Last September he had an overheating issue. Not sure how many overheat cycles he went through but they had to nurse the bike to a shop on north Dakota. After three days they diagnosed that the radiator cap was bad and not holding pressure. It leaked fluid. They changed the cap filled the fluid and on the way he went. I ride it 1300 and only 200 of them were in warmer temps. I guess the system needed to operate and there for shows the failure . I will begin today. The bike has 60k miles. Bummer Ill have a shop check the heads and mill them if needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRider Posted May 31, 2014 Share #7 Posted May 31, 2014 Ok so I got some info on the bike. My buddy left it for me abd passed away. So a mutual buddy told me that on his last trip. Last September he had an overheating issue. Not sure how many overheat cycles he went through but they had to nurse the bike to a shop on north Dakota. After three days they diagnosed that the radiator cap was bad and not holding pressure. It leaked fluid. They changed the cap filled the fluid and on the way he went. I ride it 1300 and only 200 of them were in warmer temps. I guess the system needed to operate and there for shows the failure . I will begin today. The bike has 60k miles. Bummer Ill have a shop check the heads and mill them if needed My general practice has been to mill the head if you take it off. It is easy and inexpensive to have it milled. It is a real PITA if it needed it and you didn't do it. RR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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