I was involved in a road rage accident and ended up laying down my bike. I have it looking good again but I am getting a good amount of smoke and water when I rev it some. It's been sitting up for a few months but I am worried it might be more internally. Anyone else experience this, and what did you run into?
The following post is my opinion based on my own experiences...
I've never had a bike that had a "white smoke" problem, but I have had a car with that problem. It turned out to be a bad head gasket.
With this car, I first noticed some "milky" colored residue around the oil cap, when I removed it. I also noticed some "milky" residue on the dipstick. Upon further inspection I noticed oil residue in my radiator, thus my oil and coolant were mixing.
How is your coolant?? Have you had to add any coolant?? Can you see if there is any oil residue in your coolant?? I would also check the dipstick and oil cap for "milky" residue.
I don't know if an accident/impact could cause the head to crack or dislodge the head gasket. I imagine anything is possible... Did the bike overheat after the accident??
Just my two cents...
Best of luck.
I've never had a bike that had a "white smoke" problem, but I have had a car with that problem. It turned out to be a bad head gasket.
With this car, I first noticed some "milky" colored residue around the oil cap, when I removed it. I also noticed some "milky" residue on the dipstick. Upon further inspection I noticed oil residue in my radiator, thus my oil and coolant were mixing.
How is your coolant?? Have you had to add any coolant?? Can you see if there is any oil residue in your coolant?? I would also check the dipstick and oil cap for "milky" residue.
I don't know if an accident/impact could cause the head to crack or dislodge the head gasket. I imagine anything is possible... Did the bike overheat after the accident??
Just my two cents...
Best of luck.
Final Impact
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Did you allow it to fully warm up?
Sitting and moisture in the air create this effect just like you exhaling outside on a cold day... Its condensation. Pretty normal if it stops once the engine is full operating temperature.
Sitting and moisture in the air create this effect just like you exhaling outside on a cold day... Its condensation. Pretty normal if it stops once the engine is full operating temperature.
+1 Ride it for awhile and see if it stops symptoms. If it's burning coolant, it will smell sweet.Did you allow it to fully warm up?
Sitting and moisture in the air create this effect just like you exhaling outside on a cold day... Its condensation. Pretty normal if it stops once the engine is full operating temperature.
If it's coolant smoke/vapor out of the exhaust then it will also linger in the air longer than just condensation and you will notice it smoking more than reasonably expected when at stop signs or stop lights after driving for a while.
As mentioned already, one of the leading symptoms of a head gasket is a snotty milkish looking sludge on the bottom of the radiator cap. Personally I doubt laying your bike over would cause damage to the head gasket unless it was a very hard fall like 'collision' hard...
As mentioned already, one of the leading symptoms of a head gasket is a snotty milkish looking sludge on the bottom of the radiator cap. Personally I doubt laying your bike over would cause damage to the head gasket unless it was a very hard fall like 'collision' hard...