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88 250r wont start

3.6K views 18 replies 4 participants last post by  acecarlos  
#1 ·
got done riding my r shut it off and white smoke was coming out of the pipe went to start it and wouldnt put new plug in and still wouldnt pulled the plug and coolent was on the plug would it be head gasket? oh and the coolent tank was over full to..
 
#2 ·
Probably the head gasket. Combustion is pressurizing the coolant system. Hopefully just a head gasket, it could be a cracked sleeve. Take your head off first and take note of how well it is torqued down. You might get lucky and just have to replace the head gasket and torque the head properly. While the head os off set it on something perfectly flat and check for warpage. Good luck.
 
#14 ·
awesome glad it was somthing pretty simple!
 
#16 ·
man went to the old crane sands what a blast me and my son went there and its posted found out the guy that owns it lives in mass.. so i said were going in there that place hasnt changed hills woops jumps man i think i was in the air more than on the ground but its a shame that was the place to ride i`ll bet somw one messed it up for all of us..but at 44 i still can hang with the best of themm...