Buggered the engine :(
Dear fellow moto adventurers, I come to you with a grave problem.
My bike is spraying oil everywhere!
So everything seemed to have gone just fine with the header gasket replacement I was doing, I managed to get the gasket in there and torque everything down just fine, and after taking it apart four times just to make sure I even got the timing chain aligned properly.
Refilled with coolant, topped up the oil go for a ride.
Bike is running at half temp gauge, little hotter than usual. I focus on the traffic for ten mins and keep the fan running, then disaster - the temp gauge is off the scale and oil is flowing freely around the motor. I stop immediately and just got back, thank my lucky stars I managed to get the bike back to my friend's garage.
The head and valve cover are both leaking oil. Guess I'll get new gaskets and smooth out that head. If it wasn't warped before...
Possible culprits for the overheating?
When a KLR is running, should it continue heating up or should the temp remain level? If I don't turn the fan on it's always heated up, with the fan on it levels off at about 50%.
Any advice much appreciated.
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