Hello everyone. I am yet to properly introduce myself and put my baby in the intro section but will do so in a few days, she's in bits at the moment.
So, I have a fireblade rrx that I just got that was sitted for a while due to the owner not having time to ride it. I got it and did an oil change,air and oil filters and changed the spark plugs. The only thing I didn't check was the coolant, assuming all was well. Anyways, been noticing it really goes to the top end of the temp gauge when running. ie 80-102 and then the fan kicks in.
So decided to flush out the system and put new coolant. Well, I bled it and all the coolant came out a very very very dark orange and it really smelt!
It's left orange residue in the pipes and in the radiator.
I was thinking of replacing the hoses with the samco hose kit(modding the bike ,hose kit blue in colour) but don't fancy getting that orange stuff in the pipes in the new kit. Will have to use the current kit at the moment as I need the bike to commute in the next 2 weeks. She's off the road for now.I haven't replaced the coolant. Is there any stuff I could get that would clean the radiator and this disgusting orange muck off?
The picture doesn't really show how bad it was really.
Thinking of modding the bike but that will be another thread.
So, I have a fireblade rrx that I just got that was sitted for a while due to the owner not having time to ride it. I got it and did an oil change,air and oil filters and changed the spark plugs. The only thing I didn't check was the coolant, assuming all was well. Anyways, been noticing it really goes to the top end of the temp gauge when running. ie 80-102 and then the fan kicks in.
So decided to flush out the system and put new coolant. Well, I bled it and all the coolant came out a very very very dark orange and it really smelt!
It's left orange residue in the pipes and in the radiator.
I was thinking of replacing the hoses with the samco hose kit(modding the bike ,hose kit blue in colour) but don't fancy getting that orange stuff in the pipes in the new kit. Will have to use the current kit at the moment as I need the bike to commute in the next 2 weeks. She's off the road for now.I haven't replaced the coolant. Is there any stuff I could get that would clean the radiator and this disgusting orange muck off?
The picture doesn't really show how bad it was really.
Thinking of modding the bike but that will be another thread.