Coolant leak?

[Bigmo]

I find this each time I do a long ride (100 miles +). Each times, there was no rain or water on the road. Looks like dried coolant water. It is on the right side A frame right below the coolant recovery tank. The tank has marks for cold & hot. Hard to tell by just looking, so I inserted a piece of wire and come back dry. Looks like here is no coolant in the tank. This was checked with a cold engine (sat overnight). There is two plastic tubing attached just below the neck; one black and one clear. Are any of those for overflow?
Should I be concerned? Temp gauge looks fine and is right at about the middle of the scale and never showed over heating.
Thanks for any help.

 

[Road-Kill]

Keep an eye on the fluid level.
Regardless of what you see on the ground the coolant level is gospel.

I find this each time I do a long ride (100 miles +). Each times, there was no rain or water on the road. Looks like dried coolant water. It is on the right side A frame right below the coolant recovery tank. The tank has marks for cold & hot. Hard to tell by just looking, so I inserted a piece of wire and come back dry. Looks like here is no coolant in the tank. This was checked with a cold engine (sat overnight). There is two plastic tubing attached just below the neck; one black and one clear. Are any of those for overflow?
Should I be concerned? Temp gauge looks fine and is right at about the middle of the scale and never showed over heating.View attachment 165297
Thanks for any help.

 

[JerryB]

Hi Bigmo,

Re: Coolant leak?

Almost exactly two years ago I was having a very similar problem. While at my indie mechanic we found a vertical crack in the coolant bottle. It went from near the top down about 2/3 of the way. We only found it by pressing a finger onto the face of the coolant bottle. We could not see the crack with the naked eye.

Just something to consider,

Jerry Baumchen