For quite a long time my 1100 has had an intermittent coolant leak. Not bad enough to stop two trips to Queensland and back, but it has stopped me attending the last 2 or 3 Vic RTE's.
It would appear to stop for awhile then it would empty the radiator after 30 mins riding. Quite frustrating as I could never pinpoint where the leak was.
Recently I was away for a couple of months and it was parked up in the shed. After I got back home I went to go for a ride and lo and behold there was a white (dried coolant) trail which led me to the leak.
That is after removal of a lot of plastic and the petrol tank. Luckily the carby's did not need to be removed.
An alloy elbow joining the top hose from the water thermostat to the lhs engine block had fractured and this is where the fluid was leaking from.
With a small 8mm spanner I was able to reach in and remove it. Not too hard really , just a little patience and persistence.
To my knowledge this area has never been touched so could it have been over tightened from new and had this fracture in it all the time?
I hope MR Honda still has parts - anybody got any suggestions?
See attached pic (if Imgur is still the way to embed pics)
""Gave up on Imgur""
Redid the photo using Photobucket - I wonder if this works?
Regards
MickS