Leaking coolant

smerch69

smerch69

Hey guys just went to take my bike for a ride and as i was gearing up my bike was idling to warm up and i looked at the bike and there was a bunch of coolant on the ground. I shut the bike off and noted that it was leaking out of a little hole out of the water pump that is a factory hole called the weep hole. I under stand now that i need to replace seals in the water pump and have found a whole rebuild kit. Is this the kit i need? I have a 2001 yz 250.

http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/1820/40026/Hot-Rods-Water-Pump-Repair-Kit?v=1620
 
Mihylo33

Mihylo33

Yes. That will work. I however only use oem for stuff like that. To me it is worth the extra squish.

Edit: I should add that the Hotrods kit appears to me to be a good kit. I have never known anyone that has used it though.
 
smerch69

smerch69

Mihylo33:
Yes. That will work. I however only use oem for stuff like that. To me it is worth the extra squish.

Edit: I should add that the Hotrods kit appears to me to be a good kit. I have never known anyone that has used it though.
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What do you mean extra "squish"?
 
smerch69

smerch69

JakeBoucher:
That's what you need, and he means extra money. I have never had issues with hotrods products, rockymountain is #1 too.
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Well im gonna call yami dealer on monday and see their prices. Its gonna cost $30 to ship it to me from rocky mountain. Canadian Problems.
 
smerch69

smerch69

Okay. I heard antifreeze with silica (something like that?) Is hard on gaskets and seals. Is an antifreeze wth low silica good or does it have to be no silica at all?
 
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2strokesteve89

2strokesteve89

smerch69:
Okay. I heard antifreeze with silica (something like that?) Is hard on gaskets and seals. Is an antifreeze wth low silica good or does it have to be no silica at all?
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Supposedly silica is corrosive to aluminum, havn't really seen that in my experience, and anyways if you change your coolant every season I can't see a problem either way. I use napa extended antifreeze, simply because it's easily available to me.
 
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