09 nytro missing coolant.

[Jordan1234]

09 nytro, just riding it in the yard today and noticed some oil on the snow where I parked it. Noticed the coolant is way down in the rad, and lots of oil on the plastics. Traced it back to oil in the air box. Lots of oil. Also lots of white in the oil and we all know what that means. Am I looking at a bad head gasket now? Just drained the oil, no water in the oil.

 

[Mooseman]

Has it ever been rolled or on it's side? That could explain the oil in the air box. The milky look of that oil in the air box is likely that oil mixing with the condensation water. As long as you don't have water or coolant in the oil tank itself, you're fine there.

For the low coolant, refill it and keep an eye on it. Was it also low in the recovery tank? I had an issue with mine where it would puke coolant out the overflow anytime I would go WOT. Turned out it was the head gasket.

 

[Jordan1234]

Has it ever been rolled or on it's side? That could explain the oil in the air box. The milky look of that oil in the air box is likely that oil mixing with the condensation water. As long as you don't have water or coolant in the oil tank itself, you're fine there.

For the low coolant, refill it and keep an eye on it. Was it also low in the recovery tank? I had an issue with mine where it would puke coolant out the overflow anytime I would go WOT. Turned out it was the

Has it ever been rolled or on it's side? That could explain the oil in the air box. The milky look of that oil in the air box is likely that oil mixing with the condensation water. As long as you don't have water or coolant in the oil tank itself, you're fine there.

For the low coolant, refill it and keep an eye on it. Was it also low in the recovery tank? I had an issue with mine where it would puke coolant out the overflow anytime I would go WOT. Turned out it was the head gasket.

no It hasn’t been on it’s side yet this year. Only have a few Miles on it this year. Coolant was quite low when I did the preseason prep. Refilled, bled, burped. Now the rad is nearly empty again. Overflow is almost full. No oil in the coolant, no coolant in the oil.

 

[Mooseman]

And exhaust isn't too steamy smelling like coolant? Check the plugs to see if one or two are excessively clean.

Is your radiator cap holding pressure? Tried to pressure test the system and see if it's leaking anywhere? Put your overflow hose (the one from the top of the recovery bottle) into a water bottle or something like that to see if it's being pushed out there while riding.