For the last couple of months, everytime I drive my 1200 I need to top up the radiator.

I didn't see any leaks.

So I looked closer.


Finally notice some water stains on the gearbox.

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so.... actually
"Losing water out of cracked hose at the back of the head"


A timely reminder for everyone to check their hoses

You got it.

At first I thought it was just the hose end was swelled or not tight enough, but then I saw the cut.

I snipped 3 cm off the end of the hose and put it back on. All good now.

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For years driven by paranoia I used to keep lengths of heater hose in my car, mainly because friends used to change all the hoses in their cars..............except the hard to get to heater hoses.............which naturally failed in the middle of nowhere.


Tom

It's all fixed, but I think it ran down through the clutch hole onto the clutch, which is now a little bit grabby. Sigh.