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Hey guys,
I've noticed a coolant leak developing with our 2019 (just out of warranty now of course!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Ive checked the host clamp on the water pump and left hand side of the machine, to the radiator, appear good. The coolant looks like it's coming from upper/top of engine and running down. Or it's near the bottom front/middle. There is coolant on the center skid plate also. I sure hope this isn't anything major. I haven't gotten time to look at it seriously.
On a positive note, I placed an order for stage 1 elkas for this machine. In hopes (and I know it will) it will allow my wife to ride it without feeling like she's beat up and sore at the end of the day. These stock shocks really are junk. The spring are good, but the shocks on all brutes are just god awful. I can compare them to being just as bad as my factory can am outlander xt shocks. Which I replaced with fox podium shocks. It was NIGHT and day in the ride quality!
I'll update once I get to looking at it closer. Not sure if anyone else has had problems like this with a newer machine (less that 500 miles now). I know I've seen a few posts on the brute facebook pages. Some have been cylinders/head gaskets (but the machine is eating coolant). This machine appears to be just leaking it.
I do have an oil change set for this (its annual one), but the oil looks so clean on the dipstick! I also had the oil pressure light on when we were coming off the lake this weekend. I turned the machine off and back on and it was gone. Very odd. I check the oil level, perfect, and CLEAN!
I've noticed a coolant leak developing with our 2019 (just out of warranty now of course!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Ive checked the host clamp on the water pump and left hand side of the machine, to the radiator, appear good. The coolant looks like it's coming from upper/top of engine and running down. Or it's near the bottom front/middle. There is coolant on the center skid plate also. I sure hope this isn't anything major. I haven't gotten time to look at it seriously.
On a positive note, I placed an order for stage 1 elkas for this machine. In hopes (and I know it will) it will allow my wife to ride it without feeling like she's beat up and sore at the end of the day. These stock shocks really are junk. The spring are good, but the shocks on all brutes are just god awful. I can compare them to being just as bad as my factory can am outlander xt shocks. Which I replaced with fox podium shocks. It was NIGHT and day in the ride quality!
I'll update once I get to looking at it closer. Not sure if anyone else has had problems like this with a newer machine (less that 500 miles now). I know I've seen a few posts on the brute facebook pages. Some have been cylinders/head gaskets (but the machine is eating coolant). This machine appears to be just leaking it.
I do have an oil change set for this (its annual one), but the oil looks so clean on the dipstick! I also had the oil pressure light on when we were coming off the lake this weekend. I turned the machine off and back on and it was gone. Very odd. I check the oil level, perfect, and CLEAN!
