My oldest MP3/250 (12K Miles) took it for a Ride yesterday after work.
This morning, I noticed a few droplets of "Red Color" underneath.
I am concerned the dogs that sleep in the garage where the bikes are may decide to taste this, and that would not be good. So I need to get this resolved.
I have seen this before, never so red in color, and it was typically after I had done some work on the bike, so it didn't register as a problem immediately. It does not leak when hot, only overnight after the bikes cools down. I checked the coolant reservoir, and it didn't really look like it was low in Red Coolant. I even thought maybe it was overfilled, but no that was not the case.
The leak position is between the two front wheels, then further back just in front of the Gas Tank when looking underneath. It becomes visible from the center of the black ABS Panel that covers the front rim of the Gas Tank in front and goes down the middle towards the front.
I first thought maybe I overfilled the gas tank, and it leaked through the exit hole then underneath (But the fluid color was wrong.), so I experimented by pouring a fluid with the gas cover open pretending I overfilled, but where it leaks out from overflow is not at that same position. That tends leak over the sides of the gas tank then to the fllor.
I am thinking if could be coming from the radiator, and it is traveling along the black ABS or hose and dripping in front of the Gas Tank, but its actually coming from the hoses where they connected to the Radiator maybe? Looking at the hose diagrams, at that position there are no connections for the hoses, they are both one long length of hose going from pump to radiator. Unless, I have a hose that's split maybe? But based on the symptoms, I would think it would leak when Hot, not when Cold if it were a hose that is split.
The only way to know.. is to take the Tupperware off.
Fun
So this project is going to start this afternoon.
I will post some pictures of my findings as I work on this in my spare time.
If anyone has any ideas before I start taking all the Tupperware off, please reply. Anything that happens to this bike you typically have to peal off the Tupperware like a Banana.
Update/Edit: Added picture of Droplet where the Leak is visible and falls to the floor. I ran the bike for a few minutes this morning to try and get it to show up again.
Keith,
Marietta, GA