Finding oil in coolant
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BroChester
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- Joined: Sat Jul 02, 2016 10:31 pm
- Location: Philadelphia, MS
- Motorcycle: 1986 GL1200 Aspencade
Finding oil in coolant
When checking coolant level I noticed a little oil floating on top of coolant in coolant reserve tank. Cracked head? Blown head gasket. No water in oil.
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Rusty Bike
- Posts: 376
- Joined: Sun Feb 28, 2016 1:55 pm
- Location: New castle, PA
- Motorcycle: 86 GL1200 SEi, 98 Valkyrie Std, 78 Yamaha XS750SE, 86 Honda XL125, 4.5 HP belt drive Minibike my dad built, foot clutch!
Re: Finding oil in coolant
My SEi was like that when I bought it, just a bit of oil in the overflow tank. I flushed the cooling system 3 times with distilled water then refilled with proper antifreez (I'm using Zerex Asian now). That was 2 yrs ago. I have not seen any more oil in the coolant. Old Hondas are self healing! I believe the sorce of the oil is typicly the water pump itself but not sure about that. I doubt it's a head or gasket.