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Offline kiwimonster

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blowin bubbles
« on: December 31, 2008, 05:27:09 AM »
hey guys i was putin in some laps at our mx track and noticed the big k5 was surgin at idle, so i pulled up and she was boilin. never done that before, so i took her home and let her cool down. started  it    took off the radiator cap, and she was blowin bubbles worse than a kid with a cold. could this be the head gasket.  any ideas or info would be great.  cheers.
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Offline maddoggy

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Re: blowin bubbles
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2008, 06:14:45 AM »
sure sounds like a blown head gasket to me. when the gasket looses its seal it allows that cyl. compression psi to go somewhere and the cooling sys. is usually where it goes due to the cooling jacket being only 1/2"-3/4" away from the inner cyl.
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Offline kiwimonster

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Re: blowin bubbles
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2008, 06:20:46 AM »
cheers madoggy i have a new gaskett so will put it on and see what happens. cheers.
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