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Overheating

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:23 pm
by matthew
My race bike has started to overheat really bad
Water shooting out into the catch bottle(witch fills rite up)
Then over my leg :-(
Temp gos off the scale
Any help at all will be great thanks

Re: Overheating

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:04 pm
by CaNsA
Head Gasket has popped, pressurizing the cooling system, forcing the coolant out the overflow.

Re: Overheating

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:15 pm
by matthew
if the head gasket had gone would the bike not be smoking ??

Re: Overheating

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:08 pm
by CaNsA
Nopes.

Mine popped, no smoke.
The HG can just pop enough to let gas into the cooling system.

It doesnt always look like this when the HG lets go.
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