This morning I headed out to get some gas. After the gas I decided to
call my friend Madigan at Bob's BMW to find out if they had a rear brake
reservoir. They did, I headed over to Bob's to drool over bikes and pick
up the brake reservoir and the hoses I needed. For $23, it's not the worst purchase I made.
When I got home I pumped out the spiked gas and put in high test.
It wouldn't turn over. The battery and portable hot shot were
exhausted. I put everything on charge and got out of the heat. The
thermometer at 11am was reading 94 degrees, I can't work outside in this
heat.
I tried to start it in the afternoon and it
popped. I ran it up for a little while and then shut it down to let it
cool. I wanted to get some coolant in it, I was unsure if it had any
coolant in it at all. I didn't want to start the engine and get it hot
to run the Sea Foam and have the block crack due to heat.
I
thought I'd read on line that a special BMW coolant was needed due to
the water pump and aluminum block. I checked and found a note saying
that. These days I'm not sure it's that critical. While the K bike was
groundbreaking in the eighties. There are plenty of aluminum block
engines now. But for the cost of a few extra bucks I think I'll put in
the BMW stuff.
To get the job done I decided to just put
some water in the overflow reservoir. When I checked the reservoir some
coolant dumped out on me. I used the hose to fill the reservoir. I
started the bike and it looked like water was pouring from somewhere. It
was getting dark out so I really couldn't see where the water was
coming from. I kept the engine going because I'd put some treatment in
it. I started smelling fuel! I put my hand under the bike to check if
what I thought was water, was really water. It seemed that it was mostly
water but there was gas in it. As I shut the bike down I noticed the
fuel injectors were wet, I'm guessing fuel. I used the hose to wash down
the area, I didn't want a fire.
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