Just thought this would be a cool new topic. If there is already one in existence please let me know so I can delete this one, or a mod can do it. As for me I finished my under tail project and rode the crap out of it.
What did you do to your SV today? (mods, farkles, maintenance, etc)
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Not at almost twice the price and then have to pay for shipping. She has a harbor freight down the road so she could pick it up.
Have had a 350 small block and a couple of honda motors on one of these, i can vouch for the rigidity and quality
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ordered a set of heated grips and a "One Less Car" license plate frame with my Aerostitch gift certificate I got for Christmas. Also bought a scale model of an early 80s Katana 1100 (back when they were cool looking)
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You and me both after what I plan to tackle this weekend. :nana:
I will be draining the coolant and will look at the water pump when I do to check that out.
Ordered sprockets and chain. Picked up new spark plugs and jack stands to get the forks off in the morning. Sonic Springs (thank you Rich) are sitting at the apartment office to be picked up in the morning. I will have a hover bike tomorrow.
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Sounds like a lot of us doing serious work on our SVs. At least it's happenning now and not in the middle of the riding season....for those of us that actually have an off-season.
So....anyone heard of using a leak down compression tester to test for a head gasket leak? Or will this only tell me if the rings/valves are in good shape?
I'm at a cross road. Continue the tear down, requiring $$$ and work to keep searching for an issues which seems to not want to show itself. Or reassemble the bike and test out things like the radiator cap for a faulty cap????
Oh....spark plugs have no oil or traces of burning oil. So if it is a head gasket...then it's likely just betwen a water jacket and oil passage. *sigh*
So....anyone heard of using a leak down compression tester to test for a head gasket leak? Or will this only tell me if the rings/valves are in good shape?
I'm at a cross road. Continue the tear down, requiring $$$ and work to keep searching for an issues which seems to not want to show itself. Or reassemble the bike and test out things like the radiator cap for a faulty cap????
Oh....spark plugs have no oil or traces of burning oil. So if it is a head gasket...then it's likely just betwen a water jacket and oil passage. *sigh*
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Sexy, if the head gasket blows it will allow coolant/oil/chocolate shake into the cylinder. There is no way to blow it and have it only be between the water jacket. Also, the compression test will tell you if you have a blown head gasket and since your bike runs you should definitely do that first.
As I'm sure Brad told you, we are confident that mine was a result of something going wrong in the water pump because I have milkshake in my water pump hose but not in my radiator hose on the thermostat side which means it was sucking it in the top and blowing it out the bottom into the crankcase. My valves were a seperate issue.
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As I'm sure Brad told you, we are confident that mine was a result of something going wrong in the water pump because I have milkshake in my water pump hose but not in my radiator hose on the thermostat side which means it was sucking it in the top and blowing it out the bottom into the crankcase. My valves were a seperate issue.
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Ouch....that does look bad. I'm still amazed that you didn't hear anything when it stopped or just before.
I might get to see that first hand.....just waiting to see if I'm headed up that way today. At the moment I'm headed out to buy a leak down compression testers. I'll get that part of the diagnosis done now.
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Those kinks on either side are normal..just the way its supposed to be.
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That doesn't sound fun. Sorry.
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Hi JPL_SV, When you said wrecked it I was thinking you totaled it.
Could have been worst.
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Does anyone know of any place else on the bike that oil and water could mix? The water pump seals looked fine. I didn't get any oil into the water pump. I now know that it did get into the combusion chamber because of the residue buildup, but the head gaskets look great.
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Thinking the worst its possible there is a crack somewhere.
But look at freeze plugs, but on car motors if a freeze plug goes the water leaks are external not internal. Good luck!
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Everything I've read talks about the head gasket and mating surface check followed up by making sure everything has been retorqued down to proper specs.
Then a compression leak down test to see if there was a crack in the block wall. Did you see anything like this when you took your head off??
Pressure check, watch your feet!
==> http://www.ehow.com/video_2326964_cracked-cylinder-diagnosis-pressurize-cylinder.html
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==> http://www.ehow.com/video_2327003_cracked-cylinder-diagnosis-finding-cracks.html
The last thing talked about was damage to the oil cooler but I can't see anyplace on the micro fiche where it intersects with the coolant area.
==> http://fiche.ronayers.com/Index.cfm.../YearID/46/Year/2005/ModelID/6188/Model/SV650S/GroupID/250818/Group/OIL_COOLER#
Then a compression leak down test to see if there was a crack in the block wall. Did you see anything like this when you took your head off??
Pressure check, watch your feet!
==> http://www.ehow.com/video_2326964_cracked-cylinder-diagnosis-pressurize-cylinder.html
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==> http://www.ehow.com/video_2327003_cracked-cylinder-diagnosis-finding-cracks.html
The last thing talked about was damage to the oil cooler but I can't see anyplace on the micro fiche where it intersects with the coolant area.
==> http://fiche.ronayers.com/Index.cfm.../YearID/46/Year/2005/ModelID/6188/Model/SV650S/GroupID/250818/Group/OIL_COOLER#
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I would feel pretty stupid if I totaled the bike at 5mph. lol.
I know, i'm not even that upset about it. I thought is was fun flying over the bike and doing a roll.
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I didn't think a crack would leak that much. Makes me have bad thoughts about the home team on this one.
Where are the freeze plugs on the SV?
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