1 I'm concerned! Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:13 pm
nodrtbike
active member
The wife and I took the k100rt on her maiden journey yesterday,125 miles,on the way home the water pump went completely out. The fan came on and stayed on, as I pulled it into the garage,it was indicating that is was getting hot on the way home,by the temp light, came on and went out. The engine didn't seem overly hot, so I went on home.
I drained the coolant this morning, hardly any in it, pulled the water/oil pumps off, the seal looked to be the original ones possibly, very hard to get them out of the recess they were in. Going to get the seals and o-rings tomorrow and put it back together. Will know more when I get it running again, may do a compression test to see if it's ok, probably after I take it for a ride to see how it acts. The oil that came out of the bottom end was clean looking, didn't show any signs of darkening.
I sure hope it's not damaged any. I noticed a little oil coming out of the pump area before the ride,and was thinking it was time to pull the pumps off and rebuild.
Anyone that has any prognosis on this condition as to the likelyhood of engine damage please share it with me, thanks, bob.
I drained the coolant this morning, hardly any in it, pulled the water/oil pumps off, the seal looked to be the original ones possibly, very hard to get them out of the recess they were in. Going to get the seals and o-rings tomorrow and put it back together. Will know more when I get it running again, may do a compression test to see if it's ok, probably after I take it for a ride to see how it acts. The oil that came out of the bottom end was clean looking, didn't show any signs of darkening.
I sure hope it's not damaged any. I noticed a little oil coming out of the pump area before the ride,and was thinking it was time to pull the pumps off and rebuild.
Anyone that has any prognosis on this condition as to the likelyhood of engine damage please share it with me, thanks, bob.