03 VFR800 Coming Soon

As suggested DO NOT USE K&N OIL FILTERS EVER!!!!!!!!!!
It's only good as a paper weight
Look up OH_Anne Marie's trip and failure



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Ok, i ordered an OEM filter. Thanks for the heads up.

 

Some old man advice here. Your not going to like it but here goes.

I would never buy a bike with a taped up radiator cap. Major red flag alert! The reason this is bad is simple. You can't properly test that the cooling system is operating properly and worse, whether there is a bad head gasket or other potentially expensive problem. There's usually a reason why something as simple as a radiator cap is missing. Add to that the hose routing was wrong.

Your "bubbling" into the resevoir is a very bad sign. Either air getting in or being generated by a gasket leaking internally in the engine between the combustion chamber and the water passages. "Bubbling" is almost always a bad sign. You said it was also spraying out...yikes! Maybe it's something simple, but my guess after almost 50 years working on motorcycles and cars says this is not good.

How long have you run it? Distance or time. How long after the fan kicked on did you run it?

Another important thing to do IMMEDIATELY when getting a new to you bike is to change the oil and all other fluids. There is no way to know for sure when the last oil change was or what type of oil was used. I go completely through every new bike I get...you need to know what your dealing with so start a good baseline instead of speculating that the clutch is slipping due to the wrong oil. You can't troubleshoot unknowns. You will chase your tail forever.

 

Bubbling was a bad description. Boiling is more along the lines. Water is being pushed into the coolant reservoir at over 220 degrees. It's was just water, no antifreeze.

 

It doesn't make a big difference if it was water or anti-freeze although anti-freeze will run a little cooler but not enough to make much difference in your case. If the system is open it will boil over with either. What was the worse case temp on your gauge when running it?

 

Highest it ever got to in traffic was maybe 232°F

 

I wouldn't ride it until you get it sorted out. You could do serious damage to the engine.

 

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It's parked, I'm not touching it until my parts come.

 

It's already on its way to my place!

 

Radiator cap, thermostat, and oil showed up. I'm contemplating going after the thermostat this weekend. Seems like a pain in the butt, and I should probably wait for then housing O-ring.

 

Jeebus, you bought the OEM cap? ZOINKS, that thing is expensive. You could have gotten one from an auto parts store for around $10 less, no shipping. Oh well, at least you'll have one now.

 

My 99 reached 252°F when I was riding it hard once. I slowed down and it cooled down. But, that was all high rpm, speed up, slow down, tight tight turns behind a Lamborghini, so I didn't have much airflow. Bike runs fine, but not something I want to repeat.

 

I'm assuming that's for the pair valve, is that nipple supposed to be open like that?

This is where the pressure plate rides when the bolts are torqued down. I loosed one then realized I should take a photo.

4 steels closer to the basket side were burnt, the ones near the pressure plate all looked pretty good.

Here's how far the sleeve that rides on the actuator rod sticks out after the slave cylinder has been compressed and the spring inside of the slave cylinder pushes back out.

This is the resting position of the slave cylinder.

This how far the clutch actuator rod sticks out.

It was pretty clean internally, oil looked pretty fresh and was not contaminated with coolant, gas, or anything else.


Still waiting for the clutch kit to be delivered, should be here soon. My gasket won't be here until Monday, so I'm stuck until then. The OEM rad cap is equipped with a stronger spring than the cap that was on the bike. I could tell it took a decent amount more of thumb pressure to compress it. I'm going to wait for the O-ring for the thermostat, if I'm going that deep, sure as hell better do it correctly. How does the resting position of the slave cylinder and actuator rod look? I'm not sure if there a measurement in the service manual I can compare to?
I forgot to mention when I went to loosen the bolts on the clutch basket, the clutch was slipping as I was trying to loosen the bolts. Under the torque of a 1/4 ratchet wrench, a small hand tool. I've done my fair share of wet clutches, and I've never had one this bad.

 

Man, I feel bad you had so much bad luck so soon. The red flags went off when you said the bike didn't have a radiator cap. Do you have a service manual?

 

I think the open nipple you had a question about is the EVAP purge control solenoid valve. The open nipple side goes to the EVAP canister, the end you have connected should go to the throttle body. Connect it or plug it!

 

Ok I'll block it off if I can't find a lose hose. I have a service manual, and I double checked it to make sure I have the two black rings that are against the clutch basket installed correctly. As well as the fiction disk with a larger inner diameter that fits over them. OEM oil filter installed, and I'm waiting for the clutch cover gasket before I can finish up. It didn't slip tightening the pressure plate bolts, that's a good sign.

Barnett Springs against OEM. I imagine Barnett's Springs are heavier duty, the OEM could very well be distorted and shrunk down too.


Soaking for a while prior to install.

 

Clutch is great, no issues there. No more bubbling out water either, the OEM cap fixed that. It definitely needs a thermostat, it's opening late. I'll take care of that issue tomorrow, if I get off work early enough and the weather permits it.

 

Good news! Keep us posted.

 

Thermostat changed! Went for a ride and it seemed good, but tomorrow I'll really see how she does. It's kind of a big pain in the ass to change the thermostat, I'm glad I got that done. Now I need to get a license plate bracket for the fender delete, what's a good one to pick up off eBay or something?