ridgerun wrote:
Guy had hose that goes to carb with coolant hooked to vent and balancer filled up with coolant drained it out hopefully mech seal still good. How hard are they to replace? Will I need to split the bottom end if it is bad?
Your 100% sure it was plumbed wrong?
Usually when the coolant side of the pump seal leaks it DOES NOT leak into the balancer oil and balancer case, reason why is their is a vent\drain at the bottom of the cases so if the pump leaks it can drain out on the ground, I never studied what could or would happen if the drain hole was blocked and pressure built up, perhaps it could leak into the balancer area?
Drain the balancer oil, refill change run it a 1/2 hr drain it again see what the oil looks like, foaming or milky change again go another 1/2 hr and drain repeat until oil looks normal then I would change it after every ride trip.
I change my trans and balancer case oil after every ride trip or two or more tanks of gas has been run. Even the good oils are cheaper than parts in your trans or
Engine balancer case.