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White Smoke coming from engine??

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paulf2k

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Hi All,

Would like to share my recent freak out with my bike. I was doing my check of the bike and noticed I had 0 coolant and proceeded to fill the container. After riding for about an hour, I came to a stop and noticed an odd smell and white smoke fuming from underneath my gas tank, and I assumed it was coming from my engine. Temperature was normal, didn't sound or act funny. After doing some research online, found that it was likely the head gasket. Today, I took off the fairings, ready to get a closer look. I noticed that my center under cowl had completely melted against the headers because I was sloppy and did not properly affix the connectors to the bike. To make sure, I broke a piece of the cowl and starting burning it. Sure enough, white smoke and that distinct odor were in the air. So I am happy to find out that it wasn't as catastrophic as I thought.:D

True story.
 
note to self: do not buy mint, well maintained bike from you in the future :D
 
White smoke and no coolant may still indicate that your bike is sucking coolant into the engine. The smell from burning/melting plastic is quite distinct and different from coolant being drawn into the cylinder/s

What bike/year of bike is it?

Allan
 
Wouldn't the white smoke be coming out of the exhaust if the coolant was mixing in the engine? its an 04 gsxr600
 
paulf2k said:
Wouldn't the white smoke be coming out of the exhaust if the coolant was mixing in the engine? its an 04 gsxr600
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Unless it was dripping/spraying on the headers. Was just your expansion tank empty or was the rad empty as well?
 
Not sure about the rad...I would think it was fine since I started it the next day and left it running for 5mins and the temperature rose at a normal rate. The expansion tank was definitely empty.
GreyGhost said:
Unless it was dripping/spraying on the headers. Was just your expansion tank empty or was the rad empty as well?
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