30-01-14, 06:15 PM
(30-01-14, 06:04 PM)Gnasher link Wrote: [quote author=ChristoT link=topic=11515.msg124122#msg124122 date=1391093919]
All I did was clean some of the gunk out of the header and top it up with distilled water.
What gunk?
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(29-01-14, 10:49 PM)ChristoT link Wrote: I suspect a blockage, The header had some mysterious, thick red goo at the bottom of it that came out neon pink after being mixed with distilled water :eek . I suspect the rad and pipes are similarly clogged.
Seizure, I doubt, as the bike still starts cold, and has run fine up to 3/4s temperature (hotter than it ever used to, admittedly), with no funny noises.
When I was in France, I checked some of the fittings etc (and found an alarming number of them loose). I also found this thick, gel-like gunk in the header. I cleaned quite a bit out, and topped up the header with distilled water before setting out. I would have done a full coolant flush and replace, but I had other bike problems that seemed more urgent. I was planning on doing a full flush when I got back to Chatteris, but the bike never made it.
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