Post by catrell92 on Jan 2, 2011 19:52:59 GMT -6
This bike has dual radiators btw, has to be the most annoying issue I have ever encountered because since day 1 if it hasn't been 1 thing its been another.for a while I had the overheating issue worked out around the time summer ended and it was probably because I removed the plastic, panel covering the lower radiator. The fans on this thing are real POS and someone suggested that I should get ATV fans because they have higher RPMs and are more durable. A couple of days ago I modded my bike because my lower radiator fan stopped working because of the poor wiring about 3months prior, I had ridden it with just the front radiator fan with no problems , I already tested the thermo switch and it worked like its supposed too. I bought a 12v clip on cooling fan ( car accessory) from rite aid and tore it all apart and clipped the wires so it could plug in my exisiting lower radiator plug and mounted it by drilling a 3/16th hole in the frame and adding a bolt and nut to hold it on, I wasn't intened for this kindof use ut IMO the RPMs are better than my original fan, everything worked out perfectly. 2 days before that I even purchased a new radiator cap with a higher PSI rating and flushed coolant, ran prestone coolant cleaner then redrained and filled with a 50/50 mix of prestone, to my knowledge I believe I burped it correctly because I replaced the thermostat after running withut one for 2-3 months because my initial thought was that it'll run cooler, I just replaced it just to be safe so everything would be balanced out in the cooling system. As I watched the bike idle s a test, the fans would cycle on and off alternately so I guess that's a good sign that I did everything correctly from the burping stand point. Ill have to re-open the radiator cap just to make sure its topped off though. Today I got that eeery annoying high pitched beep ( aka the overheating indicator) someone. Could idling have caused it to overheat, I. Left it on the centerstand for about an hour while I went in and out of the house and checked on it periodically, I even made air scoop mods so it could get better airflow, I haven't test driven it yet though, only have let it idle as I use this for my test runs. The reservoir tank did have a little more coolant after it overheated than before it did btw, usually if it overheated. The tank would start overflowing and leaking through the seal which I siliconed yesterday lol it definately withstood a lot longer though. The reason I was so motivated to doing his btw was because after testing this particular antifreeze I had bought from and the gas station and was currently using before this, I literally watched it turn into frozen ice chunks in my fluid drainage bucket, this almost killed my bros motor on his crown vic!! I had to dump that POS ASAP
