leaking coolant into oil. Not sure where. i have the clutch cover off and its in good shape. When i drained the coolant from the rad there wasnt much in it. there was alot of milky oil tho in the engine. idles and rides fine. Really need help with this.
need help with my kfx400
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There could possible be a head gasket leak between a water jacket and oil passage. Do not run the engine until this is figured out, coolant mixed in the oil is not good on bearing surfaces.
It will run fine because it's not affecting compression.....yet. Coolant in the oil is a typical head gasket issue. You'll have to remove the head to examine. The leak will happen more when the engine warms up and coolant pressure raises.
If it was a leak between a water jacket and cylinder, then yes it would be noticeable by white smoke (steam) coming from the exhaust. There are passages supplying oil and coolant to the head. These passages are sometime close together and not much sealing them apart. A small leak can make this happen and will continue to get worse
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A KFX400 will be more difficult of coarse because of timing components. I replaced both head gaskets on a friends KFX 700 ( external leak). It's not that bad if you take your time and have a service manual near by for torque specs.
Of coarse change the water pump seal and see if that will fix the problem first. I have seen more head gasket issues when oil and coolant mix, but you might have a different issue. Report back after the seals are changed, hopefully that's all.
its going god awful. in the water pump there is a mechanical seal, has a spring around it. followed the directions from someone on another forum....rubber seal ripped in half...il link you to that forum...http://www.suzukicentral.com/forums...-tuning/127914-coolant-oil-3.html#post1201737
did you order a new seal? I looked through the forum and those ideas are all over the place. 45 mins to change a head gasket? Maybe for a pro... Not very helpful it seems. Can you post a pic?
yeah those guys arent the best and just start thorwing sh*tm and the mods are not help. If u look thru the thread i have pics up
gotta click the photobucket links i think..
http://s1331.photobucket.com/user/mike_grant1/library/?sort=3&page=1
gotta click the photobucket links i think..
http://s1331.photobucket.com/user/mike_grant1/library/?sort=3&page=1
Do you have a pair of vise grip needle nose? It will offer a better grip then channel locks. Or try a medium size flat head screw driver to carefull pry up on the seal.
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