glowing headers
#2
Re: glowing headers
Idle I would venture to say no, Like if you were running @ race speeds or stuntin and seen them red I'd be more apt to believe that. At idle the air / fuel mixture isnt enough to cause that kind of heat. If you get glowing headers at idle you have a restriction somewhere causing the heat build up.
#3
Re: glowing headers
would you consider this amount of heat possibly being caused by oil consumption in the cylinder...i don't think there is a restriction though...the exhaust note sounds normal and the pulse from the muffler tail is strong
#4
Re: glowing headers
red at idle= something isnt right, they cool off a little while riding because air is moving past them cooling them. are you looking at them in the day or at night
#5
Re: glowing headers
i've looked at them during day and night...and they smoke from being soooo hot...i lit a smoke off them the other day...the smoke isn't from oil or a leak or anything they are glowwing fo shooo
#6
Re: glowing headers
i checked my oil and it looks milky....i'm thinking a blown gasket that is causing the coolant to seep into oil circulation...what do you think? ...there is definitely some oil contamination...any other causes...i'm thinking this is what is causing the lean condition in the cylinder...right?
#7
Re: glowing headers
i checked my oil and it looks milky....i'm thinking a blown gasket that is causing the coolant to seep into oil circulation...what do you think? ...there is definitely some oil contamination...any other causes...i'm thinking this is what is causing the lean condition in the cylinder...right?
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#10
Re: glowing headers
Idle I would venture to say no, Like if you were running @ race speeds or stuntin and seen them red I'd be more apt to believe that. At idle the air / fuel mixture isnt enough to cause that kind of heat. If you get glowing headers at idle you have a restriction somewhere causing the heat build up.
glowing headers is a clear sign of a lean fuel mixture...fuel helps cool the motor so a lean fuel mixture has higher exhaust temps than a rich fuel mixture....yeah on cars a clogged cat can also cause this prob, but this is a bike. and like someone said before when your moving air is cooling the headers...its nothing to really be alarmed at...ive seen many bike headers glow so much that they will light up the surrounding area. As far as mily oil....it doesnt take much water to cause this, washing your bike and or/temperature differences can condensate the oil....check your coolant level......if it doent drop then your ok...also , sometimes if you run your bike long enough you will eventually loose the moisture causing the milkyness...i9n other words dont jump to conclusions. You can even change your oil & filter and the oil will still be milky, like I said it doesnt take much moisture....
#11
Re: glowing headers
glowing headers is a clear sign of a lean fuel mixture...fuel helps cool the motor so a lean fuel mixture has higher exhaust temps than a rich fuel mixture....yeah on cars a clogged cat can also cause this prob, but this is a bike. and like someone said before when your moving air is cooling the headers...its nothing to really be alarmed at...ive seen many bike headers glow so much that they will light up the surrounding area. As far as mily oil....it doesnt take much water to cause this, washing your bike and or/temperature differences can condensate the oil....check your coolant level......if it doent drop then your ok...also , sometimes if you run your bike long enough you will eventually loose the moisture causing the milkyness...i9n other words dont jump to conclusions. You can even change your oil & filter and the oil will still be milky, like I said it doesnt take much moisture....
Last edited by Reckless01; 12-28-2007 at 11:41 PM.
#13
Re: glowing headers
Im just thinking with logic, all I said is dont jump to conclusions, I couldnt sit here and tell the guy his motor is fried just because his oil is milky and his headers are glowing red...in the other post he said his headers only started glowing after the power commander was installed----bingo, .........and a head gasket doesnt just start leaking....the only thing that would really warp a head is the motor getting super hot (almost impossible unless he was low on coolant or did a 5 minute stand still burn-out).....anything is possible I guess but its way to early to say his motor is fried
#15
Re: glowing headers
Im just thinking with logic, all I said is dont jump to conclusions, I couldnt sit here and tell the guy his motor is fried just because his oil is milky and his headers are glowing red...in the other post he said his headers only started glowing after the power commander was installed----bingo, .........and a head gasket doesnt just start leaking....the only thing that would really warp a head is the motor getting super hot (almost impossible unless he was low on coolant or did a 5 minute stand still burn-out).....anything is possible I guess but its way to early to say his motor is fried
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