Badly assembled at factory or failure?

buzybraza · 01-13-2013, 07:55 AM

So my 950 SE developed a coolant leak after 7k miles. This is what I found :
What do you guys think? Badly assembled at the factory or something else?
I think it is a very obvious assembly mistake by whoever did it at the factory. I am amazed it took 7k miles for the thing to actually start leaking!
It was impossible to see the problem because of the location of the hose. I was only able to see the problem after disassembly.

This is me inside the v of the motor pointing at the back of the forward cylinder:

defectivehose1_zpsec56462c photo defectivehose1_zpsec56462c.jpg

and here is the "smoking gun"

NKL · 01-13-2013, 11:51 AM

Badly installed.

SauceSquatch · 01-13-2013, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NKL

Badly installed.

+1

IMO bad install, but I'm no expert.

01-13-2013, 07:55 AM	#1
buzybraza ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2010 Location: ESCONDIDO, CA Oddometer: 274	Badly assembled at factory or failure? So my 950 SE developed a coolant leak after 7k miles. This is what I found : What do you guys think? Badly assembled at the factory or something else? I think it is a very obvious assembly mistake by whoever did it at the factory. I am amazed it took 7k miles for the thing to actually start leaking! It was impossible to see the problem because of the location of the hose. I was only able to see the problem after disassembly. This is me inside the v of the motor pointing at the back of the forward cylinder: and here is the "smoking gun" buzybraza screwed with this post 01-31-2013 at 08:23 AM

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01-13-2013, 11:51 AM	#2
NKL Adventurer Joined: Oct 2011 Location: Kent, England Oddometer: 55	Badly installed.