| Author | Message | ||
     Buellhusker |
What coolant do you use? The coolant in my CR is light yellow/green and the Harley coolant called for in the owners manual is light red/pink. | ||
| 01xjbuell |
I just used a 50/50 blend I had in the garage that I use in the GTI and Vette b/c she was a little low when it got back from the dealer | ||
| Kttemplar |
I checked my coolant level at the 600 mile maintenance and noticed that it was low, so I just Added about 3.5oz of water wetter to the factory coolant and filled the rest up with the HD stuff. here is a thread that talks about it http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/290 431/370333.html?1213985306 http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/290 431/369156.html Mike (Message edited by kttemplar on March 24, 2009) | ||
| 07xb12ss |
mine is low, again, but ive never seen any leaks - and my ambient temp sensor is acting up - it seems my ambient temp sensor sticks or is reading to high it affects my coolant temp and it rises as well | ||
| Geforce |
I have used Water Wetter in recent years with great results in my 87 Buick Grand National, and 2005 Silverado SS. Both vehicles are heavily modified equipped with turbochargers and all that other go fast goodie crap that costs money and tools to install, plus tuning. Go EFI Live! I plan on making the switch for this riding season to straight water and watter wetter to help keep the heat down. Plus, it's easy to keep a gallon jug or two of distilled water lying around to refill after long rides and hot days. Just remember to add some ICE to the system in the fall and let it have a chance to circulate through the engine and radiators before you park it. Good luck! | ||
| 1_mike |
I tried Water Wetter a few years back. Two sport bikes and one hot rod (car) of sorts. Removed all of it about 6 mouths later. Went back to 20/80 (antifreeze/dist. water). A funny thing...that the FAA bans the stuff in water cooled aircraft....for several reasons! Mike | ||
| No_rice |
and why would it be a problem to have watter wetter in the cooling system? or why would it be a problem when its parked? | ||
| Geforce |
I have used watter wetter in my Grand National for about 6-7 years and never had any issues with it. I would like to know why exactly the FAA bans it for aircraft? Not trying to put you on the spot 1-mike but the FAA bans a lot of things, I used to help build experimental aircraft for a local old timer EAA group. *lots of fun!* But we never had any issues with heat soaking on the radials or the swerengine *sp*. So there isn't a need to have any sort of increased cooling capacity. Plus, the aircraft I was working with were not going up passed 10,000 let alone 20,000 feet anytime soon mainly because of open cockpits, lack of O2 and all that jazz. Assuming surfaces temperatures are 100 degrees at sea level and that on average every 1000 foot climb can result in a 3-5 degree ambient temperature drop. At 30,000 feet you can see an ambient temperature of -50 to 10 degrees. Yes we can play with the tropopause and artic circles which would be the coldest place in the atmosphere at -70 degrees. So, with that in mind, I can surely see why the FAA wouldn't want us to add water wetter to an aircraft engine's coolant. What I can say about piloting a motorcycle on the surface is that my 1125r does get hot, but if I wear full gear I hardly notice. And even though I now jump out of planes for Uncle Sam, I have no plans of adding wings or rockets to my Buell anytime soon...turbo maybe...when I win the lottery. No Rice, the problem when you park it is simply that during the winter months water wetter adds 0 antifreeze capability. Especially if you use distilled water straight up and add it to your system make sure you balance it out before you put her up for the cold one. (Message edited by geforce on March 26, 2009) (Message edited by geforce on March 26, 2009) |
