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20-12-08, 02:54 PM
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Expansion Bottle overfill
Yup I filled mine up to far, read the other thread about but that was for a carbed bike, mine is in injected.
Is it the same method for getting water out of there? Don't really want to take the rad cap off as then I will have to my lowers off. It should all be fine, as I haven't done anything with the coolant since I had the bike, just noticed it was little low. Its is dam hard to see the level on the bike! |
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20-12-08, 05:12 PM
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Re: Expansion Bottle overfill
Anyone? Is it safe to leave it?
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20-12-08, 09:57 PM
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Re: Expansion Bottle overfill
siffen it out the expansion bottle
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21-12-08, 10:21 AM
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Re: Expansion Bottle overfill
It will find its own level
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21-12-08, 05:10 PM
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Re: Expansion Bottle overfill
Agree with above, if you can be bothered siphon the excess from the expansion bottle, otherwise the excess will sort itself out when the motor gets hot, which will mean there'll be a puddle under your bike, dunno if that bothers you of course.
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21-12-08, 07:07 PM
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Re: Expansion Bottle overfill
Dizzyblondes bike seemed to run very hot with the expansion bottle overfilled. Not entirely sure why.
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22-12-08, 07:50 AM
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Re: Expansion Bottle overfill
Quote:
When the engine is hot the coolant expands and flows out to the bottle, at that point there could be a gallon or none at all in excess, it makes no difference to the cooling system function.
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22-12-08, 10:58 AM
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Re: Expansion Bottle overfill
Indeed. I'm not sure whether there was a carburetion fault at the same time, which could explain it running hot. You could feel serious heat coming off the motor anyway.
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