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#1 SO SAD AND MAD !!!!!!
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05-24-2011, 12:35 PMSOOOOOOO 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 Re: SO SAD AND MAD !!!!!!
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05-24-2011, 12:58 PMJust 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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#3 Re: SO SAD AND MAD !!!!!!05-24-2011, 03:17 PM
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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#4 Re: SO SAD AND MAD !!!!!!
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05-24-2011, 03:22 PMAs 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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#5 Re: SO SAD AND MAD !!!!!!05-24-2011, 03:53 PM
Well as long as the dealer is covering it Good for you and lesson learned
Gardo northern NJ/NYC
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#6 Re: SO SAD AND MAD !!!!!!
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05-24-2011, 03:58 PMDo you think this could cause problems for anything else ? i.e life span of the engine ? Thanks
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#7 Re: SO SAD AND MAD !!!!!!05-24-2011, 04:07 PM
it could but you may have caught it soon enough. Lucky you didnt seize the engine
Gardo northern NJ/NYC
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#8 Re: SO SAD AND MAD !!!!!!05-24-2011, 04:42 PM
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.Vince
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#9 Re: SO SAD AND MAD !!!!!!
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#10 Re: SO SAD AND MAD !!!!!!05-24-2011, 04:51 PM
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 headVince
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