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Anonymous Posted on Jul 31, 2010

Suzuki RM 125 water is mixing with the gearbox oil how do I fix it, or what is the cause. The water is leaking from the cooling system and turning the oil milky. I have just changed the oil and filled up the water in the radiator after having a re bore and new piston done. After a couple of minutes running the bike the oil had gone milky and the water in the radiator depleted. Any ideas what the problem may be and how to fix it please. I am a little stumped.

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Did you do the reassembly yourself? If not, take it back to whoever did because the reassembly was done incorrectly. Oil and water mixing can only happen at the top or bottom ends of the barrel. Either the head gasket is not seated properly or the barrel to casing seals are not properly installed

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  • garagewhore Oct 20, 2010

    Actually Suzman doesn't know what they are talking about in this case. On a water cooled two stroke there is no connectivity to the transmission oil and the cylinder (top or bottom) If either of the gaskets that he said were leaking you would get antifreeze in the exhaust or visa versa...

    The water pump is gear driven from the crankshaft within the clutch cover (cavity of the gearbox )and that driven shaft has a seal on it. The impeller side will have antifreeze on it. There is gravity and pressure pushing the antifreeze inward to the inside of the clutch cover and that is where the oil resides.

    There are hordes of online micro fiches where you can see the breakout and order part immediately. You probably have a bad water pump shaft seal

  • Anonymous Oct 20, 2010

    Actually you are quite right Garagewhore. My apologies for the oversight.

  • Anonymous Mar 10, 2011

    Your water pump seal is probally bad my did the same thing I canged the seal and it's good now

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How much motor oil do you put in a suzuki rm 125?

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The water pump is in the motor case and has a leaking seal. Anti freeze is leaking past the water pump seal into the transmission. Take your water pump apart and replace the seals. The fluid should be escaping out a weep hole in the bottom of the pump, so when you have it apart be sure and dig the mud out of the weep hole to keep from filling the motor with anti freeze if this ever happens again. If there is no weep hole then it must not have been designed with one.

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