How To Flush Your Motorcycle Coolant - Change Motorcycle Radiator Coolant
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- čas přidán 25. 11. 2014
- The cooling system in your bike is rather important because, you know, it stops your engine from overheating and possibly being destroyed. That's bad, FYI. But the good news is that draining your existing motorcycle coolant and replacing it with new fluid is probably one of the easiest DIY maintenance jobs you can do on your bike.
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How Often Should You Replace Motorcycle Coolant?
The answer to this question depends both on where you live and how much riding you do. Most manufacturers will recommend you replace your engine coolant once every two to three years or 15,000 miles, so if you cover a lot of distance you'll need to do it more regularly.
For those that live in locations with extreme temperature ranges (especially extreme cold) you may need to change your coolant twice a year. In winter, you'll need a coolant with good anti-freeze specifications to ensure that your cooling system isn't filled with a block of ice when you go to start it in the morning. In summer if it gets very hot, you may need to replace that with something like WaterWetter that has a reduced boiling point and mix it with distilled water.
Another reason you may need to replace your coolant more regularly is if you go racing. Many motorcycle racing organisations restrict or ban the use of glycol based coolants as they're slippery and can cause a hazard to other riders should a spill occur. Therefore you'd have to replace such coolant with distilled water.
How Do You Flush and Replace Motorcycle Coolant?
Tools you'll need are a wrench to remove the bolts from your bike, replacement coolant (obviously), distilled water and a container to capture the drained fluids.
1. If required, remove your fairings and the reserve tank so you can access the radiator cap.
2. Locate the drain bolt. To find the drain bolt, follow the pipe from the radiator to the impeller cover. If you're struggling to find it refer to your owner's manual.
3. With your wrench, unscrew the drain bolt and make sure you place the container underneath it to capture the drips.
4. Unscrew the radiator cap. Generally you'll need to unscrew it anti-clockwise half a turn, then push down on it and unscrew it the rest of the way. This release of pressure will allow the coolant to drain from your bike - you'll need to move your container to capture the coolant.
5. Screw the drain bolt back in with your hands. Don't tighten it up properly just yet.
6. Pour distilled or demineralized water into the radiator until it fills up. Before unscrewing the drain bolt, turn your bike's engine on for a few minutes to assist the distilled water to circulate through the system.
7. Unscrew the drain bolt and capture the distilled water in the container.
8. Make sure you also empty the coolant in your reserve tank.
9. Put the drain bolt back in and tighten according to the torque values as stated in your service manual.
10. Poor your new coolant into the radiator, but do it slowly. By doing it slowly you reduce the amount of air introduced into the cooling system. Fill the reserve tank too.
11. Replace the caps on both the reserve tank and the radiator and run the bike for a period of time until the radiator fan turns on. This will help any air trapped in the system to rise into the reserve tank.
12. Let the bike cool. The expelled air will mean coolant is drawn from the reserve tank into the cooling system, so top up the reserve tank.
13. Make sure you dispose of your old coolant properly. Don't put it down the drain as it contains numerous chemicals. A local recycling or refuse station will be able to dispose of it correctly. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Step 2: Spill most of the coolant on the floor
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😂😂 mine just shot everywhere
Thanks mate, just flushed my 2010 Versys 650. Green out, distilled water rinse, blue in! Heading to the recycling tomorrow. -Manchester, UK.
Fantastic, straight-forward and to the point. Many Thanks!
Short, sweet and to-the-point. Love the brevity. Too many CZcams videos are more than 5 minutes or even 10 minutes long, and filled with fluff. I'm now confident I can flush the radiator on my '15 Versys myself w/o any trouble, after watching this video. Cheers!
Thanks for putting in the time and effort to make a very helpful video. Cheers.
great vid, fellow r/motorcycle user!
Great Video! Thing is. I have a 07. Is it similar for the Radiator flush??
Great video!
Great video man
thankyou its help alot! 👌
gj,pretty basic and helpful
Show Very clear 👍👍👍
Last step: going right in the ocean 🥰
Do you need to replace/restore the radiator cap when you run the bike with just the distilled water in (after emptying old coolant) for the flush?
Is It Sure That Air Bubbles Will Go To Tank Or We Should Run The Bike With The Radiator Cap Off To Release The Traped Air?
I would also suggest a new bolt washer too
Can you use de-ionised water to flush the system clean?
I pour full distilled water into the radiator and then add the coolant in a measuring cup? , I have never changed the coolant before and I want to learn how to do it without having to go to the service center thanks
What happens if you put in more/excess coolant?
need a video for 2013 cbr500
Help. I spilled my coolant accidentally from the reservoir and a bit came out from the little hose... Will the air come out after I add some new coolant?
hello there.
I was flushing my coolant 2 days ago and I noticed that everytime I poured in water and let it drain the water came out clean but feeling like it had an oily waxy substance. Is that normal
Thanks. this will be helpful to me. How often would you recommend to do this?
+Nazgûl Usually best to go by what the manufacturer recommends - i personally do it once a year.
Thanks so much for this vid.im ftom tiny island in the seychellesthere arr no proper bike mechanics here btw.i took my bike to a car mehanic for a service.whsn i picked it up he told me hed put normal water in the bike.NOT COOLANT.JUST WATER.!!!!!!spring water.a d not to flush it either.he said the "radiator was dry"quote unquote. My bikes now keeps cutting out as im going along thats if it starts at all.ive downloaded this vid gonna go show him .
great tutorial and I spied a reddit sticker :P
Sure did :)
Hello! question: where does the upper hose from the reserve tank attached to.. or is it just a overflow hose and so attached to nothing?..
Thanks in advance!
greetings from another er6n owner
Joost Mater Hey mate! Yes, just an overflow.
Thank you very much for your response!
Hi, i wanna ask something about coolant. Can i use car coolant instead of bike coolant?
I have same question. I drain mine out every 3 years with a suction and refill with regular Prestone Antifreezw 50/50. It's worked for me so far.
Don't think all bikes have drain bolts? Do they??
Almost akways on the water pump.
Which type of coolant did you use?
Tyler Duggan It's a concentrate from Motul. Where I live it never gets to freezing, so you can dilute the concentrate with more water and save some for next time. Works out a bit cheaper that way. But if you live in colder climates you may as well use the premix.
is it better to use only coolant or e.g. 50/50 water and coolant?
depends on your climate. 50/50 is fine. Or even less coolant in hot climates.
green coolant? quite biological ;-)
is car coolant the same as motorcycle one? I have a blue colour ethylene glycol coolant should this be okay to go into my yamaha mt07? Pls help
MrKrayzeeKrysis it's ok for aluminum blocks and radiators
brapa mas harga motor nya
distilled water isn't going to remove scale or corrosion. wasting your time. use prestone flush.
The idea was to remove all traces of the previous coolant.