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Coolant change.

Post by 2wheels » 30 Apr 2017, 21:22

So I wore a hole in the catch tank on the rear of my ar. And have since had it repaired. However since topping that up with coolant my bike has overheated a couple of times and hadates never done it before. Iso a coolant change as easy as removing the bleed screw then filling the radio back up? Or is there more to it than that?

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Re: Coolant change.

Post by gregorious77 » 02 May 2017, 21:28

literally that simple.
the expansion tank is just that though and not where you top the coolant up. coolant level should be checked by opening the rad cap (Cold) and see if there is any air in there.

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Post by fallenmikethebike » 03 May 2017, 10:41

And, fit a small magnetic driven computer fan.
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Re: Coolant change.

Post by gregorious77 » 04 May 2017, 14:27

still need to do that myself

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Re: Coolant change.

Post by fallenmikethebike » 04 May 2017, 17:36

I don't think I ever suffered another boil up once I fitted a fan, even on some very claggy going in the forest of Dean when we did an event in that area.
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Re: Coolant change.

Post by 2wheels » 29 May 2017, 18:34

how would you know though with it having a catch tank? I don't think I have suffered anyway?


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