Profile Log in to check your personal messages Log in The POCUK - it's not just a Club, it's a way of life!įAQ Search Watched Topics Memberlist Usergroups Register The last post was made 7 years, 152 days ago.The Mitsubishi Pajero, Shogun, Montero, Challenger, Raider and EVO 4x4 Owner's Club If you want to try water sans coolant, you can try Clicky This will get around the corrosion issues, but make sure to ditch it when winter rolls around. Goes to show that a large margin is engineered into the system. My GSXR 1100 has no water in it at all, just a glycol blend and has no problems with overheating even in slow traffic. ![]() Any issues are usually caused by neglect, rather than actual shortcomings of the system. The vast majority of watercooled bikes have cooling systems, that when maintained properly are perfectly adequate. Just observations from some other posts and threw them in, in case someone could advise, or indeed Tamsin did end up swapping out the coolant. People not running a 50/50 mix (if that what the manual says) and instead running 60/40 adding extra AF in the misguided belief that more is more. The "in for luck" was referring to the ratios rather than the overall volume. But that brings with a bunch of undesirable issues that significantly negate the few % you gain. So in theory, if you want the best cooling, you run 100% water. That coolant sacrifices ultimate cooling capabilities slightly, but with the advantage of anti-freeze + corrosion inhibitors. It will just piss out of the expansion bottle when the bike warms up. Now with guns and FREEDOM!Īre you saying it should be called "not-so-coolant" ? Boiling is what ultimately causes local overheating and damage. Lower specific heat capacity but much wider operating range so would never boil in a bike engine. My GSXR1100W survived riding through London in start stop traffic the other day, and that runs propylene glycol and no water. Typical coolant is ethylene glycol with corrosion inhibitors, some coolants are propylene glycol based. it also lowers the freezing and raises the boiling temperature of the water in the system. Whilst it is true that pure water is a better conductor and has a better heat capacity, 'coolant' includes corrosion inhibitors that help prevent the nasty things water can do to the various metals in the engine. In the end, your life will flash before your eyes. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Spain 2008 France 2007 Big one 2009 We all die. I'm sure someone who knows for sure will comment about the water better at cooling than coolant bit.Ĭoolant? I'm pretty sure coolant is just a 30% antifreeze and 70% distilled water. It's not overly relevant (ie people have said your bike is behaving normally), but if you do change the coolant, could try watering down the mix a tad. Some folk, when replacing coolant, tend to add a little extra "for luck" etc I read somewhere that coolant is NOT a very good heat conductor, at least its worse than plain water. ![]() ![]() "Everybody needs money, that's why they call it money!" Having owned one of these in Cyprus I can tell you it is normal, as long as the fan's kicking in.Ĭhanging the coolant on mine, dropped the temperature by half, even in a very hot climate, so change it for some nice new stuff!Ĭheck the level on the expansion bottle, behind the side panel! I'm thinking that maybe the radiaotr is a little clagged up and I should probably drop the coolant, and give her a good flush out and some nice new coolant, but is there anything else I should be looking at?Īs yet, I've not worked out how to check the coolant level, but I'm sure I'll work that out very soon. Is it normal for them to get hot like this? I'm concerned about overheating her. She cools down quite rapidly when I hit open road and get some speed going In traffic/urban work the temperature gauge is constantly nudging the red and my right leg gets very warm.
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