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I just purchased my 2009 1198S about a week ago and was informed of a small oil leak possibly coming from a torn gasket. The leak presents itself just inside the left fairing opening. I stripped the bike this evening and noticed that the leak was not in fact oil but coolant, this was figured due to the sweet smell coming from the bike as well as a unusually high raising of temperature when the bike idled. While the bike was stripped and set idling upon reaching 200 degrees *F the top left of the radiator (as you are sitting on the bike) started to leak slowly but enough to cause a problem.
I started to check the forums and found a few posts all over a year ago about individuals with similar problems in the same location. A lot of people just used the warranty and had the radiator replaced, my bikes warranty has been up for 3 months now and I would rather not spend $948.99 on a new radiator. I did hear a few people talk about using epoxy to seal the leak in the radiator but I think that that fix would only work for a month or so due to the high amount of pressure mixed with the heat.
If anyone has used this method and had success or failure id be happy to hear about it. Also any other possible solutions would be greatly appreciated.
I started to check the forums and found a few posts all over a year ago about individuals with similar problems in the same location. A lot of people just used the warranty and had the radiator replaced, my bikes warranty has been up for 3 months now and I would rather not spend $948.99 on a new radiator. I did hear a few people talk about using epoxy to seal the leak in the radiator but I think that that fix would only work for a month or so due to the high amount of pressure mixed with the heat.
If anyone has used this method and had success or failure id be happy to hear about it. Also any other possible solutions would be greatly appreciated.