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lama16
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PostPosted: 22:35 - 26 May 2012    Post subject: Motorbike coolant Reply with quote
Hi all...

just noticed today the coolant is running a bit low. Checked the manual and its recommended product was ENI Antifreeze Spezial (fluid without amines, nitrites or phosphates)... Cant find it anywhere... so I guess its a foreign brand. Can someone recommend a coolant for the Aprilia rs4 125. (currently its pink fluid inside) Got Halford near me so I might go there tomorrow .

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temeluchus
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PostPosted: 22:56 - 26 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Try and buy coolant concentrate, alloy engines need it 50/50 mixed with water.

I dont think you will need anything special.
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lama16
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PostPosted: 10:29 - 27 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Car coolant and motorbike coolant, is it the same?

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temeluchus
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PostPosted: 12:00 - 27 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have never heard of "motorbike coolant".

Get concentrate coolant from your local motor factor and mix it 50/50 with distilled water.
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MarJay
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PostPosted: 12:07 - 27 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Temeluchus wrote:
I have never heard of "motorbike coolant".

Get concentrate coolant from your local motor factor and mix it 50/50 with distilled water.
I've heard of it, apparently its better for radiators with smaller channels like motorcycle radiators.

I use it a lot.
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temeluchus
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PostPosted: 12:13 - 27 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarJay wrote:
I've heard of it, apparently its better for radiators with smaller channels like motorcycle radiators.

I use it a lot.


not the usual motorbike tax where they put "bike" on the label and charge you 4 times as much for the same stuff?
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guile
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PostPosted: 12:16 - 27 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is coolant universally a certain shade of blue? Can you tell how concentrated your coolant mixture is by the shade of blue?
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MarJay
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PostPosted: 12:25 - 27 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Temeluchus wrote:
MarJay wrote:
I've heard of it, apparently its better for radiators with smaller channels like motorcycle radiators.

I use it a lot.


not the usual motorbike tax where they put "bike" on the label and charge you 4 times as much for the same stuff?


Well, not according to the bottle, no. Its no more expensive than normal coolant where I buy it from.
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temeluchus
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PostPosted: 13:12 - 27 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
glycol is glycol, colour is just dye.,
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acid drop
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PostPosted: 17:36 - 27 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
guile wrote:
Is coolant universally a certain shade of blue? Can you tell how concentrated your coolant mixture is by the shade of blue?


No
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