Leaking Coolant

When the bike comes up to temp I start to get a stead stream of steam coming from the area where the coolant tubing connects to the engine. As you can see from the(somewhat blurry) picture there is what appears to be RTV at the connection.


My question is , is that normal or should there be something else there in place of the rtv? And can I just add some more to plug the small gap in the rtv at the fitting to stop the leak. I really hope that is the case cause I'm not looking forward to disassembling.

thanks again

 

There should be an O ring inside the connector - and if it's covered in RTV, well my guess is that the O ring needs replacing. You'll have to drain / replace your coolant to fix this one.

 

When you see RTV used by a previous owner you can pretty well expect that something has been improperly repaired.

 

Mine did the same thing. It was just a worn out O ring. My local cycle repair shop fixed me right up, just try to take the old one in when you go if there is one.
Gary

 

yep, those o rings get dry and crack. They're not too bad to replace, but you'll have to drop the anti freeze out of it first. I just put mine back in, but my engine is out right now....