First, Drizzle, then Rain, then started pouring… Now… TSUNAMI!!!!!!
I have never in my life… Seen a motor vehicle’s temp shoot up so fast to the red zone…
I have never seen one reach the red zone before.
Sianz………
Guess what……. I thought it was just the pipe that was damaged with the scratches was all (See prev posts)…. Little did I know, that was not all…
Saturday morning, I saw some "wet spots" under the bike… thought it was from the previous biker who parked there…
Anyway, Doris & I was having a little "Durian" party in our placed so I took a shot ride to my Punggol place to take out the Durians from the fridge. When I got back to the bike… then I saw it… a patch of coolant fluid on the floor the size of a tissue paper.
sianz… again??
Rode all the way to Looi’s. There were about 5-8 other bikes waiting for Meng Tong. Double Sianz…
MT asked me to let the bike cool down first and see if the leak starts again.
15 mins… still nothing… He then also mentioned to me that he added alittle more than normal amt of coolant cos it completely leaked out previously. So this may have been the "over flow".
Then he told me to "call" him if this happens again.
Anyway, was rushing for time, so I left.
Monday… rode to work… Everything looked fine.
The after work… @ 7pm… Walked to the bike… then I saw it…
There was a "trail" of liquid from my bike to "long kang" aka drain @ the side…
Thought that it wasn’t too bad, so I decided to ride from Jurong to Looi’s @ Kaki Bukit.
One the way there on the PIE, I noticed that the bike was feeling quite strange….
Then I looked @ the speedo… speed looked fine… Fuel… ok…. RPM… normal… then I noticed the small little meter… the temp… it was really close to the red. It never happened before.)
I thought the meter was faulty… So I tried this little test.
I closed the trottle and let the bike "glide" on Neutral.
As the bike is quite heavy… I was able to move quite a fair distance.
very very slowly… I noticed that the temp did drop alittle… Then I turned the throttle and then the temp "flew" to the reds……
Super Sianz………
I stopped @ the road side opposit CJC.
Came off the bike and saw that the coolant was leaking very much faster than before…
10 secs later, the "puddle" was about the size of a PDA liow.
aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggg……..
Called MT, he told me to let the bike cool down for about 1/2 hr then ride there "slowly"….
How slow can I go on the expressway?? Anyway… 15 mins later… I started the engine and the temp was @ the 1/4 mark… looks ok…
So I stared my journey to Looi’s again…
1 - 2 mins into the journey… the temp shot to the reds zone again…
How to make it there??
1 - 2 mins, rest to 15 - 30 mins… by the time I get to Looi’s, it’ll be mid-night by then.
Anyway, decided to call MT again, he advised me to leave the bike there… (I was still on the PIE, near the Serangoon exit. ) Call for the tow truck tomorrow morning.
Mega Sianz…..
I tried my luck and called the Ah Leong who towed my bike last Thursday…
He remembered me and told me that he will be there in 30 mins…
THANK GOD!!!
Anyway, 30 mins later he came… We pushed the bike up the truck and drove to Looi’s.
By the time we got there… It was 8-830pm liow…
Thank God again, there was still someone in the shop.
Ah Leong unloaded the bike and MT was still in there… Taking a "break", having something to drink…
The boyz were chillin and chit chattin…
MT was surprised to see me, then he saw Ah Leong. MT then said, "wah… you very lucky to catch Ah Leong man…"
Anyway, I went to the coffee shop, bought some more drinks and we chatted for quite awhile.
It’s been quite some time since I caught up with these guyz.
esp lesser after getting married and lesser still after having Jed.
Anyway after all this, still wanna thank God that these people were still around to help.
That I did not need to leave my bike on the side of the road till the next day and coordinate the pick up again…
Would have wasted more time.
Anyway, also got a lift from MT to my home.
Saved more money & time.
July 21st, 2006 at 6:50 am
eh …. u also noe ah leong …
hhehehe