hello,I bought a 90 ktm 250 a few weeks ago,it had a hole on the water pump cover,so i put jb weld on it put coolant in it and rode it for about 20 minutes,it ran real good with alot of power,but all of sudden it quit on me.I pushed it home and drained oil it was real milky and white,and bike has no compression.Was just wanting to know what I should do,did I blow it up?Its a real nice bike I want to fix it,I never worked on one.
problems with bike
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2strokerfun
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- May 19, 2006
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Sounds like water in your oil. No compression means you'll have to pull the cylinder off and take a look at piston, rings and bore. And you'll obviously have to figure out how the water is getting in your oil. Often, it is the interior seal on the water pump. Once you plugged the hole, the water found the next weakest link to go through.
That hole you plugged was most likely the weep hole in the bottom of the water pump. It's there for a reason. It allows the water to escape when the seal goes bad. If it can't get out the weep hole, it's probably going to go past the oil seal.
Sounds to me like that's what happened too.
Might be a good idea to either get a service manual and get familiar with working on KTM's or find a good KTM mechanic.
Sounds to me like that's what happened too.
Might be a good idea to either get a service manual and get familiar with working on KTM's or find a good KTM mechanic.
regal21guy
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- Jan 14, 2008
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he probably just reffering to why the coolant would be leaking out of the weep hole .....
