Hi folks
Took the fairings off my new (to me) 2018 959 with 1200 mile to give it a good clean, and noticed a weird orange liquid dripping down the left hand side of the engine casing from the top of the crank case
After inspection it has the feel of engine oil, but ive never seen orange engine oil before
There had been a fair amount built-up in a pool ontop of the crank case
After having a peruse through the forum, and google- it seems it may be the infamous coolant leak- what do we think?
I’ve also noticed that the coolant reservoir was bone dry- but not sure if this is an overflow and therefore should be empty until expansion (bike not run for a day)
If this is coolant, whats the fix? I assume I can get this done under warranty
the previous owner barely touched the bike, seemed to have had it sitting for years and used it every now and then- and the pool of fluid had a fair amount of dirt and grit in it which makes me thing its been leaking for awhile now as ive only put about 300 mile on in lovely weather in the past week. Ive cleaned it off and will keep an eye-on
Cheers
Took the fairings off my new (to me) 2018 959 with 1200 mile to give it a good clean, and noticed a weird orange liquid dripping down the left hand side of the engine casing from the top of the crank case
After inspection it has the feel of engine oil, but ive never seen orange engine oil before
There had been a fair amount built-up in a pool ontop of the crank case
After having a peruse through the forum, and google- it seems it may be the infamous coolant leak- what do we think?
I’ve also noticed that the coolant reservoir was bone dry- but not sure if this is an overflow and therefore should be empty until expansion (bike not run for a day)
If this is coolant, whats the fix? I assume I can get this done under warranty
the previous owner barely touched the bike, seemed to have had it sitting for years and used it every now and then- and the pool of fluid had a fair amount of dirt and grit in it which makes me thing its been leaking for awhile now as ive only put about 300 mile on in lovely weather in the past week. Ive cleaned it off and will keep an eye-on
Cheers