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posted November 14, 2007 06:22 AM
Help removing air out of Cooling System
I changed my coolant last night but I believe that I have air in the system because when i open bleed valve by water pump coolant is not coming out very strong. Need help to get that air bubble out.
  
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dubious
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posted November 14, 2007 08:08 AM
grab the hoses and squeeze each one several times, then idle the bike with the cap off
eventually it will push the air out
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posted November 14, 2007 09:10 AM
Thanks Dubious
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dubious
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posted November 14, 2007 10:17 AM
should have specified ... idle with radiator cap off . watch the fluid level in the rad when doing all this, keep topping it off as it will not draw fluid from the resevoir until it draws vacuum as the coolant cools and rad cap is on.
After 5 minutes of idling put cap on, take it for a good 5 minute ride, higher revs will cause more turbulence and get the air lock moving quicker.
Let the bike cool completely, then check the resevoir level and top it up to the recomended level.
I ususlly am not so thorough, but have done this many times over the years.
Just making sure you don't overheat or damage anything due to my lack of details....
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reypac24
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posted November 14, 2007 12:07 PM
dubious do these have a thermostat? if so can it and would it be beneficial to remove it?
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ZXLNT
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posted November 15, 2007 02:27 AM
Lol all liquid cooled bikes have thermostats, and no you need to leave it in. Its there for a reason.
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reypac24
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posted November 15, 2007 05:42 AM
zxlnt please correct me if i'm wrong but i thought the thermostat was supposed to help quickly raise and maintain the ideal (emmissions) operating temp of the motor. at least in cars its actually several degrees higher than ideal performance operating temp. our race motors on cars don't use thermostats but i wasn't sure if you could do this on bikes. just a thought cuz i'm considering putting on a second fan anyhow.
thanks in advance
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dubious
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posted November 15, 2007 07:33 AM
I am not sure if anyone has optional cooler stats.
Not sure abou the zx14, but on many cars parts of the block and heads will losing cooling due to short circuiting the cooling system... it will flow to path of least resistance.
Small block chev's were known to overheat the back cylinders if you removed the stat, as it changed the flow characteristics and starved the flow to rear of block.
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