R1 coolant

gray84 · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Karma :

just fitted my new radiator and ive got the correct colour coolant. is 1 litre enough? its from concentrate so i presume its 50/50 ish
how do i bleed the system when i fill it up?

thanks

gray
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0l0dom0l0 · World Chat Champion Joined: 21 Oct 2009 Karma :

1 Litre won't be enough. My Fazers takes 2L (in total) and the rad on that is tiny. I would suspect atleast 3.5l, if not 4L.

50/50 sounds good. Make sure you use distilled water, or de-ionised or whatever it is. Tap water is full of to much crap.

I have never needed to 'bleed' the Fazer. Just filled it up very slowly, and squeezed any exposed pipes in the process. Start her up, leave for a bit then check the level and top up if necessary.

Hope that helps.
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gray84 · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Karma :

ok then.ill have a hunt on how much the system holds..
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chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

Does colour matter? Read the bottle it will tell you if it needs to be diluted, there will be a screw on the water pump housing start the bike and open the screw, wait till a constant stream of water is coming out.
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gray84 · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Karma :

ok in total it all holds 3lts of coolant. so will i be ok with one litre of antifreeze? or should i really go and get another 500ml? Confused

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0l0dom0l0 · World Chat Champion Joined: 21 Oct 2009 Karma :

Have a look on the back and it will tell you about the ratio's and what the minimum temperatures are.

You should be okay with just the 1l, but please check as I don't want to be responsible if you crack your engine block because the coolant has frozen! Laughing

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gray84 · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Karma :

why do i have the fill up cap on the radiator and on the header tank? sorry fro the stupid question but i just looked at it and couldnt figure out why they do that?

also which point is best to fill the system up by?
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gray84 · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Karma :

thank you chris..... Thumbs Up

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chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

Stop guessing what the ratio should be, look at the sodding bottle. The stuff in my bike said 2:1 is fine for up to -15degrees.
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