Changing the coolant

[tomjones2]

Hi time to change the coolent a few questions,

Do i need to u distilled water with the 50:50 coolant mix?

Can i just drop the radiator down to refill it as it looks a lot easier than removing the faring?

Cheers in advance

[embee]

my preferred choice for coolant is to use a "ready-to-use" type from one of the major auto manufacturers. take your pick which one, I use Toyota "red" coolant because I have a Japan built Toyota, but VW/Audi stuff is excellent, I'd trust Honda, BMW etc too.

You can usually get either 4lts or 1 lt bottles, 4lts of Toyota stuff cost me £13.

These will have excellent corrosion inhibitors and will be suitable for the materials used in an SV, and will have a reliable service life of at least 5yrs.

[Xerbraski]

My 2003 manual says to use a 50:50 mix.
Though Embees idea sounds better than faffing around with measuring jugs and the like.

Can i just drop the radiator down to refill it as it looks a lot easier than removing the faring?
Why not just lift the petrol tank and fill it from there? :lol:
Or maybe you have a curvey and i'm missing somthing.

[Moo]

My 2003 manual says to use a 50:50 mix.
Though Embees idea sounds better than faffing around with measuring jugs and the like.

Can i just drop the radiator down to refill it as it looks a lot easier than removing the faring?
Why not just lift the petrol tank and fill it from there? :lol:
Or maybe you have a curvey and i'm missing somthing.

Curvys have a bonnet type tank as well.

[Biker Biggles]

The filler on the curvey is at the top right corner of the rad,and is easy to get at on my naked,but requires the fairing panel off on the s IIRC.I just filled it up and ran the engine a bit to make sure there were no air bubbles and topped it up.Is there more to it than that or am I a duffer? :lol:

[SVeeedy Gonzales]

On the s - has anyione tried using a funnel and a bit of flexible hose to save removing the fairing? I'm looking at doing this in the next few months and I can't see why the fairing needs to come off (assuming the radiator cap can be taken off without removing the fairing?).

[Graham]

Of Course, Just a funnel and piece of hose. No need to remove the fairing