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  1. #1 SO SAD AND MAD !!!!!! 
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    SOOOOOOO MAD As i said before took delivery of my new quad last Thursday and have been driving around all weekend enjoying it , today went to do oil change and put coolant in the radiator to find the radiator bone dry so i had been riding a water cooled engine bike around with no water for 300km I just assumed that when you buy a new bike that all the fluids would be full . I am so lucky that the bike did not seize up while i was driving around with my son on the back . I tried to put coolant in the radiator and start her up and guess what ???????? YES THE HEAD GASKET IS GONE ,coolant peeing out all over the place from the pump from the gasket every where !!!!!! . I called the dealer and told him the situation He has agreed to fix the problem and has ordered a head gasket kit. Is there anything else that could be damaged on the bike ? i am not that mechanical and maybe some one could point a few things out for me .Any way whatever is gone wrong on the bike the dealer is going to fix . Will this effect the life span of the engine .PLEASE HELP !!!
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  2. #2 Re: SO SAD AND MAD !!!!!! 
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    Just got off phone to the dealer and he is picking it up tomorrow to do the work on it >the bike was still running and ticking over very well over so hopefully not that much damage.
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    so i may just sound silly but When you took delivery of the quad and before setting off, Why didn't you do a safety check? Fluids and equipment?
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    As this was brand new from the dealer i asked him if i needed to do anything to it and he said no just get on and drive , there was water in the expansion tank so i assumed there would be in the radiator so not really my fault. I guess its a lesson learned to check for myself !!!!! and also its the first quad i've ever had so i guess just lack of experience .
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    Well as long as the dealer is covering it Good for you and lesson learned
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    Do you think this could cause problems for anything else ? i.e life span of the engine ? Thanks
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    it could but you may have caught it soon enough. Lucky you didnt seize the engine
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    jinlingking,
    You can have some serious problems in the future with your quad. Impossible to tell what could have been damaged in the engine running for that long without any coolant.
    I would be trying to get a whole new quad.
    It is the dealer's responsibility to have the vehicle properly serviced.
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    Quote Originally Posted by barnone View Post
    jinlingking,
    You can have some serious problems in the future with your quad. Impossible to tell what could have been damaged in the engine running for that long without any coolant.
    I would be trying to get a whole new quad.
    It is the dealer's responsibility to have the vehicle properly serviced.
    Hi there thanks for reply ,like what type of problems ? so i can confront him with this >>>> the bike was running fine and ticking over well but just coolant coming out of water pump and head gasket ....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jinlingking View Post
    Hi there thanks for reply ,like what type of problems ? so i can confront him with this >>>>
    Like I said, no telling but you were running a new engine without coolant so it must have gotten extremely hot.
    Some problems could be
    water pump impeller burned up due to lack of coolant
    damage to cylinder walls and piston due to extreme heat
    warped engine block
    warped head
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