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Originally Posted by scooterwayne
That is the sign of a blown head gasket = Steam looking like smoke.
It was getting HOT again.
And you still think its just air in the cooling system ? .
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Missed by all including me:
So I thought to check the coolant the reservoir was full but when I looked under the seat I found a hole in the plastic filler.
Loss of power = hot engine.
Steam equal coolant coming or dripping out this hole. If the radiator reservoir has a hole in it not only is it losing coolant slowly when the engine heats up but when it cools and the radiator is pulling fluid back in the radiator there is none there and it's pulling air into the system.
We all know that these systems work just like a auto system, cap expands when hot, pulls extra coolant if needed from the reservoir tank or releases it back to the tank if not needed. As it cools off it makes sure the radiator is topped off to the full amount.
Got to fix this or it's never work right.
JR