Smoking Kawasaki125

[johnlebeau]

Hi

Recently purchased a second-hand Kawasaki KDX 125, 1996 model. Was running quite well but now smokes really heavily even when warm, looks more like water vapour than smoke. Have also noticed a bit of oil in the radiator. The bike still seems to run ok. Could it be the head gasket? any other ideas? Many thanks.

Cheers

 

[RideGreenKX125]

Definatly souds like a head gasket if its belching steam out of the exhaust and theres oil in the radiator! get that fixed before you run out of coolant on a ride and toast the engine, head gaskets on these things arent a hard thing to replace.

KDX 125 hey?! We dont have those models on this side of the pond, how does that thing go?

 

[johnlebeau]

KDX 125 hey?! We dont have those models on this side of the pond, how does that thing go?[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the reply. I'll be sure to check that out. Yeah its not a bad bike, pretty quick its quite big for a 125 and a little heavy so she doesn't handle ever so well. Thanks again.

 

[IndyMX]

More likely to be a water pump seal...

But, it could be both...