green milky gooey stuff leaking fom handlebars?

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hey eveyone, hope you can help me...

i was driving my 2004 kawasaki 700 and noticed a weird smell and blue smoke coming out from right underneath the handlebars casing. when i turned off the quad to inspect it i noticed a green, milky liquid leaking out from underneath. to the touch it feels rather thick and oily. any ideas what this could be??

the only thing i should add was that my quad has been out in the pouring rain for the last 3 hours and i was driving in the rain too... if that has anything to do with it?

tomorrow am i'll pull the casing off for a closer look, but thought i'd ask in the forum to see if anyone's experienced this... thanks!

k.
 

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Sounds like gear oil or grease to me.... but i'd have to see it and smell it
 

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thanks for the quick reply... i talked to a friend who said if my rad cap is loose it could be spilling fluid over, and that stuff gets so hot that when it starts to bubble it turns a little milky in texture... i'm a rookie, just bought the quad and am trying to find in google exactly where that rad cap is!
 

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better to have leaking from your handlebars than your private parts.
 

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hey eveyone, hope you can help me...

i was driving my 2004 kawasaki 700 and noticed a weird smell and blue smoke coming out from right underneath the handlebars casing. when i turned off the quad to inspect it i noticed a green, milky liquid leaking out from underneath. to the touch it feels rather thick and oily. any ideas what this could be??

the only thing i should add was that my quad has been out in the pouring rain for the last 3 hours and i was driving in the rain too... if that has anything to do with it?

tomorrow am i'll pull the casing off for a closer look, but thought i'd ask in the forum to see if anyone's experienced this... thanks!

k.

You should taste it to find out what it is.
 

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The front and rear diffs are vented in the handle bars, few things have happened, either you have a seal leaking and 1 of the diffs if overflowing there or you blew a diff bearing and the oil boiled onto your lap the rear diff has a break inside the diff and if you drove with it on you may have boiled over that way, i would do a diff oil change but be carefull of the oil you use , front diff uses kawasaki engine oil and the rear diff is a special oil i think its called tdh from kawi aswell i have alot of experiance with the diffs of these bikes so anyquestions pm me
 
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