Crankcase leaking water

i had mine leak at the three 'O' rings like yourself after i'd run it without water for a whole race. i guess i was lucky that a bit of silicon and it was sorted second time around.

regards

Taffy

After a very hard two day enduro in which the bike boiled over a few times, water has got into the oil and the bike will not start. This sounds like the same thing as you've experienced. Where abouts are these three O rings and is it an easy enough job to do.

i'll kinda disagree with you there DrC. the bike needs a rebuild and that's all thats wrong as regards tthe starting. i don't even think that it has to be the 3 O' rings why he lost his coolant.

i think it's a headgasket. could be a waterpump seal or you have a puncture in the rad or a pipe. 1 and 3 are my favourites.

just got to do the hard miles i'm afraid keiran!

look at 'Taff''s racing season - 2005' it's in the racing forum and the month is july. i describe losing the coolant and the rebuild requirements. so i've been there too!

regards

Taffy

The racing history this year involves: 2005 Fe550e
Oct-Bike boiled up water leaking out water pump, changed seals never leaked again. Oil fine bike running.

March-Boiled up water leaking out head gasket, changed hopefully no problems head checked and not warped. Oil fine bike runs

July- boiled over, fluid loss all from radiator overflow, lots of steam. Water not leaking from weep hole or head gasket. coolant pipes/rad seem ok. Oil contaminated, oil and water in airbox/frame. Bike won't start.

What do I check next? Water pump seals seem ok but will change, O ring on LHS casing seems ok but will change. Not easy to check the cylinder liner O rings

i know what the problem is. 100% no ifs or phuqing buts!!!!!

you are getting compression in the water system and there is only one place in the engine that pressurises the water.

that's why it waits and then gets ya!

this time make the head cleaner, the block cleaner and if you want to be honest i think you need to strip the engine and re seal the three 'o' rings if you've touched them. if you really really want my opinion i would skim the block and leave the spigot proud ala the mod in engine rebuild in the doc.

regards

Taffy

Thanks for the advice, looks like a rebuild then. How much should it cost?
Where do you get stuff like the head skimmed done? If I'm going to have to split the cases I'm going to have to get a mechanic to do it. What exactly do I need to tell him? Head gasket and probably a warped head/barrel and maybe the 3 O rings. Anything else?

ok keiran

read this one and weep!

as far as who will do it well the island still has plenty of motor engineers about. go to

e b christian
mylchreests
or a bike dealer

and ask who they use.

took me 20 minutes to find this but here it is:
http://www.husaberg.org/index.php?name= ... highlight=

i'm trying to think of a way of coming over all expenses paid, getting drunk in the quids in, doing a lap of the TT (sober) and building your engine for you but i refuse to sleep outside with the dog!

there are loads of mechanics over there that would have a go at this given all the information. you only need a flywheel puller otherwise a good mechanic can have a crack at it.

don't order parts till it's apart.

the only thing you can do before the full strip is to check that you had the head torqued to the higher figure (shown in the doc under rebuild) . otherwise i feel you have found the problem here.

also go into vikings gallery and check that you don't have a problem at the radiator cap like he did?

regards

Taffy