water pump

[bansheefourseven]

1. Is there anyway to check to make sure your water pump is working?? Like with the radiator cap off when cold and let her run to see if its flowing as it should be?

 

2. I was running the shee around the yard for about 10-15 minutes and she started spitting out the overflow tube not much just a little spit up. I was only hitting my jump a few times and not much getting out of 2nd or 3rd gear. Its like 96 degrees here today and I know these are tempermental with overheating, what do you think? I sat and idled for a minute while I shaped the jump would this have caused it?

I felt the hose coming off the water pump and it was hot but I couldnt tell if it was flowing!

[racer]

ya, start when the bike is cold, and then take off the rad cap. you can usually tell if its flowing.

 

use your head, dont do this after a few hot laps, and a few cold ones.

[barely legal racing]

ya, start when the bike is cold, and then take off the rad cap. you can usually tell if its flowing.

 

use your head, dont do this after a few hot laps, and a few cold ones.

if its spitting out the overflow its either radiator or water pump but yeah check and see if the water is moving but dont run the bike like that, for one if the pump bearings are bad then it can eat the inside of the side case where it goes out (had it happen before) and also you can warp you head from it getting too hot (had it happen at same time) and i had to replace the whole water pump assy. which was like 100 bucks for a tiny plastic piece and a bearing and a few seals...