Hi, got a prob I hope you guys can help me with. My bike keeps overheating.
Well first some back story. About a month ago I cranked my bike to juice the battery. I then let it sit idling. Being the idiot that I am I didn't think about her being air cooled and sitting still wasn't good. Came back to her about 15 minutes later and she wasn't running and wouldn't start. I talked to you guys and was told that I had prob overheated her. Sure enough, I later cranked it no problems. The next day I got about 3 miles from home and she shut down on me. Overheated again. Talked to you guys again and decided to change the oil. That seemed to fix things.
That brings us to today where she overheated again! It's not a petcock issue. I can see gas in my fuel filter. I'm using regular diesel oil. Nothing fancy just some stuff from wal-mart. 15w-40 motorcraft. It seemed to work fine until the initial overheat. It's been less than a thousand miles since I replaced the overheated oil. Something is fishy. It's not even that hot out. About 90.
Could this be indicative of a bigger problem? I have some Rotella syn that I was going to give her after this next oil change but dang I didn't want to change it already!
Thx friends.
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RESOLVED Replaced petcock with a Raptor. WIN!