thephoenix612
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Post by thephoenix612 on Sept 11, 2020 11:02:36 GMT -7
Hi! New MT-10 owner here. I'm giving my bike its first good spa treatment and in the process of checking/refilling coolant levels I got myself real confused. Long story short, it looks like the coolant level is below "L" on the tank, but when I open the cap the coolant is all the way up in the filler neck. The bike is level in the pictures below. I'm thinking I'm one of two flavors of idiot: either I can't visually tell my coolant level from looking at the tank, or I don't know how to add coolant to the system. (Second one is less likely, as I have the shop manual) Any thoughts on what's going on?   |
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thephoenix612
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Post by thephoenix612 on Sept 11, 2020 11:07:26 GMT -7
Hello, please disregard. I found the flavor of idiot that I am -- I opened the radiator cap and not the reservoir cap.
Leaving this post up to immortalize my mistake lol
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Post by RedAndBlack on Sept 17, 2020 9:20:10 GMT -7
You may have introduced air into the system. You may need to run the bike with the radiator cap off (make sure it's cold).
Let the bike heat up while squeezing the hoses and tipping the bike a few times to make sure air doesn't get caught in the opposite corner of radiator. Once the coolant reaches the top and starts to overflow with no air bubbles, put the cap back one.
Make sure you have sufficient coolant in the overflow reservoir first.
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specialk
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Post by specialk on Oct 29, 2020 14:57:51 GMT -7
Thanks for posting this, turns out I'm the same flavour of idiot. 😆 This was very helpful. 👍🏼
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