please help w/ overheat

[OTB]

Originally Posted by LOZ

you had no return line to your radiator... your bike was running dry. be glad that shit didnt blow up on ya.

you can go to autozone or any car shop and buy some radiator hose that has that general shape. should cost just a few bucks.

NO No No ! Do NOT buy general ID radiator hose. Go buy the molded replacement from Yamaha. The OEM hose is molded with stiffeners to prevent the hose from collapsing at high flow rates. Using a generic hose will likely end up with the same issues as what he has now. The reason he's having the issue to begin with is that the original hose lost it's strength over time, allowing the hose to kink and collapse.

JMHO

[fun-times-always]

i took that hose off, it didnt come off, the pipe i have described is next to the oil filter as shown

[LOZ]

Originally Posted by fun-times-always

i took that hose off, it didnt come off, the pipe i have described is next to the oil filter as shown

in that case, that pipe doesnt seem to have a kink, just a factory bent... doesnt seem to by tight enough to prevent water from flowing through it.... and I highly doubt that pressured water could cause steel to bend.... Im thinking you must have hit something and thats probably how it got bent.