a bit of a steamy problem with the 7R yesterday[1], followed by actual observation of stuff dripping from the bellypan - looks suspiciously clear to be engine oil, I think, and stick my finger in it. Well, it's a bit sticky, but nothing like as sticky as I'd expect engine oil to be - so I tasted it - kinda sweet, pretty much as I'd expect a combination of water and anti-freeze to be. Question, as a sanity check, engine oil: does that also taste sweet? I'm not ruling out the possibility it's leaking *both* oil and coolant, but it's definitely leaking coolant because there was **** all in the reservoir when I got home, and filling it up again led to a big puddle on the garage floor an hour or so later. I've no need to actually use the thing for a while, so I guess it's "strip off the bodywork and have a look" time at the weekend. -- d. [1] got stuck[2] in a police-roadblock-generated[3] jam yesterday, the bike overheated, and when it got up towards the red, instead of the fan coming on, something audibly went "pop" and a find my head surrounded by a cloud of steam. [2] narrow two-lane-each-side dual carriageway, clogged with lorries, no room down either side or the middle. [3] they'd helpfully sealed off Meridien Way near the Coke factory, and were diverting all the Enfield/Chingford bound traffic onto the North Circular @ Edmonton Green.
You need to drink at least a litre of it. If you die - its antifreeze. If your joints stop creaking - its oil.
Don't mention it. It's nice to see 16century diagnostic methods still in use. If you tasting of the patients fluid reveals an inbalance in the humours you should should consider the use of leeches.
IME no, sort of metallic. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 2.0 TS Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
Modern Antifreeze is very bitter. Old fashioned antifreeze is very sweet, sort of Austrian Dessert wine sweet. Engine oil is, well, oily. I dont know how to describe the taste, other than it tastes like engine oil. -- ColonelTupperware spouting bollocks on Usenet since 1997 Usenet FAQ at http://www.its.caltech.edu/its/services/internetapps/news/news2.shtml UPCE FAQ at http://upce.org.uk/ UKRM FAQ at http://www.ukrm.net/faq/
<snip> It's tom cat piss hth? -- Steve Parry K100RS SE F650 (not forgetting the SK90PY) http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk
snip Its carcenagenic, don't do it again... ever... at all... -- O 1 Black, shortly to undergo extensive surgery. 1 Red, undergoing lightweight surgery. ----- 1 Blue, for Power-Ranger baiting. | o | Numbers ... | o | Stuff ... | ooo | Life ... -----
1) Thermostat buggered, preventing the coolant from running around the system as it should (this problem also means the fan won't kick in when it should). 2) Cylinder Head Gasket foobarred. Strangely enough, this also means that the fan won't kick in when it should. Both symptoms will provide you with a nice puddle on the floor as the coolant mixture is forced out. Why not do a taste test yourself to find out? If it's oil & coolant, then the worst case scenario would be the head gasket. But that doesn't explain the puddle on the floor after refilling when the bike was laid up later on. You haven't taken any pipes off the coolant system at all recently, have you? Looks that way. Have fun. -- Lesley CBR600FW SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster) BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12 BONY#54P BOB#18 Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally
