I don't understand why you want to take the engine apart. You had a cooling leak, how much coolant was lost? Was there still coolant left in the radiator? When the headgaskets are blown the engine will still run fine and make power. There are some tests you can perform to find out if the headgaskets are blown. Are you a mechanic?
There's a kit with fluids you can use to look if there are carbons present in your coolant. Is there accessive pressure on the cooling system when engine is warm?
Run engine warm and put pressure on the cooling system for several hours and use an endoscoop to look in the heads for leaking cooling. I can show you some nice pictures of leaking headgaskets. I mean why open up an engine before doing some further checks. Because a 'master tech' says it's going to blow, master tech my ass!
Of course it's your bike, you can do whatever you want with it.
The V4's are strong engines with few mechanical failures but cooling is very important.
By the way I have had 4 waterpumps on my V4 (has nearly 8000kms now) , lost count now but the partnr. has already changed 6 or 7 times. It's a racebike (trackdays) and all done under warranty. I was always lucky to spot it in time so no overheating issue.
Good luck with your disassembling, keep us posted.
There's a kit with fluids you can use to look if there are carbons present in your coolant. Is there accessive pressure on the cooling system when engine is warm?
Run engine warm and put pressure on the cooling system for several hours and use an endoscoop to look in the heads for leaking cooling. I can show you some nice pictures of leaking headgaskets. I mean why open up an engine before doing some further checks. Because a 'master tech' says it's going to blow, master tech my ass!
Of course it's your bike, you can do whatever you want with it.
The V4's are strong engines with few mechanical failures but cooling is very important.
By the way I have had 4 waterpumps on my V4 (has nearly 8000kms now) , lost count now but the partnr. has already changed 6 or 7 times. It's a racebike (trackdays) and all done under warranty. I was always lucky to spot it in time so no overheating issue.
Good luck with your disassembling, keep us posted.
