Coolant was over flowing out of the overflow container. I've been advised that this is likely a headgasket issue.
Took it into the bike shop. Got charged $200 and they replaced the raditor cap, didn't fix it. Spoke to Skidmark, he said take the radiator cap off, run it for about a minute or two, then put it on. That seemed to do the trick a little bit, but there is still coolant in the overflow boiling. I was initially told that this is likely a fault with the head gasket, but the temperature doesn't seem to ever go past half way so I'm not sure?
Possibly a water hose related issue? where the water pump is sucking so hard the hose is collapsing?
Another issue is that it's leaking oil. Started of with just spotting around the garage. I threw a litre of oil in it, rode it 70k and it was practically empty when I go there, filled it up .. took it home and then left it in the garage. There is over a litre of oil on my garage floor
What options should I take from here? back to the bike store for a complete strip down? I've been advised a head will cost $150 but the labour costs are gonna get rather high (looking at around a $1,000). Which isn't too bad provided it's just the head. Then there's the oil issue
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