cylinder drain plugs

[cruzin123]

I have a 1999 Venture and have noticed on occassion that a small amount of coolant leaks from these rubber drain plugs behind the covers on the cylinders. Does anyone have more information, like Yamaha part numbers to order these? And looks like they pull out easily, so probably not too big of a project, just top up the coolant at the end. I have read that a dime will add some extra pressure to stop the leaks but since the bike is from 1999, I want to replace all 4.

[Guest]

Im about to do mine in a few minutes. You use the top tip of a spark plug, the ones with threads to pull the old plugs out. Make sure you drain your fluid first. Ill post the numbers later.

[XV1100SE]

Found it - 90338-11152-00 PLUG,SPEC'L SHAPE

 

If you look at the parts diagram (http://www.venturerider.org/private/RSVparts.pdf) under Crankcase (page C7) it is part number 9.

 

Partzilla (http://www.partzilla.com/parts/detail/yamaha/YP-90338-11152-00.html?gclid=CP6rg9qxibcCFYU-MgodYnUA6w) shows list price $5.74 and their price $4.36

 

If you haven't changed your coolant in a few years you might want to consider doing the whole job. Isn't very difficult and doesn't take much time. When you pull those drain plugs you will lose coolant and the tip is to cut off a soda bottle ("pop bottle" for us Canadians) and catch the coolant as it drains out (cut bottom off bottle and screw lid on top).

 

See http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=37353 on how to change your coolant.

Edited May 9, 2013 by XV1100SE

[Guest]

See you already have the part numbers. you need 4 of them. Just finished mine. I thought the system was drained but a fair amount of coolant did come out. Piece of cake....

[cruzin123]

Everyone's answer really helped, I appreciate it.

[pofarm]

I just did mine, too. I used two spark plugs, one to remove the old plug and one to install the new one. That way I lost a minimal amount of coolant.

[Sexagenarian]

I know it has been a long time since this topic resurfaced, but I needed to find the part number for the drain plugs.

I did a search for cylinder drain plugs and this thread came up.

Saved me gobs of time trying to find that little plug in all the parts diagrams.

This thread alone was worth the renewal fee for this site.

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[7 lakes]

Check your local dealer for those too, i got them from my dealer for about 2 bucks apiece.