Noticed this tell tale little puddle under the Transalp the other day -
Well, nothing for it but to dismantle the bike to find out where it was coming from. My suspicion was that the dent in the radiator that I picked up in France back in 2010 had something to do with it. But no, the leak was coming from the bottom hose connection -
And from underneath -
The hose spiggot looks rather manky -
After removing the radiator the bottom connection does not look good at all -
And there appears to be some corrosion on the inside of the spiggot as well -
Hmm, need to clean up that corrosion to see what can be seen.
Back in a bit.
Well, nothing for it but to dismantle the bike to find out where it was coming from. My suspicion was that the dent in the radiator that I picked up in France back in 2010 had something to do with it. But no, the leak was coming from the bottom hose connection -
And from underneath -
The hose spiggot looks rather manky -
After removing the radiator the bottom connection does not look good at all -
And there appears to be some corrosion on the inside of the spiggot as well -
Hmm, need to clean up that corrosion to see what can be seen.
Back in a bit.
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