(09-05-13, 07:36 AM)Jezzer link Wrote: Last summer my fazer boiled over sitting in traffic, coolant coming out the overflow pipe before the cooling fan kicked in. Turned out to be too little antifreeze in the water, was at about 30%. Now have least 50/50 and no issues with boiling over, cooling fan kicks in fine.
Never seen coolant that colour before, if it looks like oil, and smells like oil 
A RadFlush would help too, to unclog any blockages.
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09-05-13, 12:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-05-13, 12:46 PM by DryRob.)
If knowing weather you've got oil or water is stopping you from sleeping there's a simple test used in emulsion science that might work called "the drop test":
Get yourself two separate glasses, one containing a bit of water, the other some engine oil that's clean enough to see through. Put a few drops of the mystery solution into each and give them a little shake/stir. The drops should mix into the same type of liquid and that'll be your answer.
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09-05-13, 01:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-05-13, 02:56 PM by riz.)
Thanks, never had the fan on so i thought i'd make sure it worked the other day (had the engine running post fin painting), the rad got hot at about the time i would have expected, but the fan took ages to come on, had my eyes glued to the light!! Nearly gave up but it kicked in the end.
Thermostat on the 1998 to 2003 FZS 600 starts to open at 80.5 degree C and is fully open at 83.5 degrees C
