I know they like to call it coolant(it's really antifreeze), but doesn't water(with wetting agent) do a better job of cooling? I run it backwards from you here in FL, about 20-30% antifreeze for those chilly mornings (once a year ;>) !!!) with Redline wetter--it seems to work well. As a note, my waterpump leaked shortly after I mixed (by not flushing well) the green stuff with the orange stuff. I think I remember an MCN article mentioning that this might cause a failure... FL Kev
--- Gerard Naseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Coolant. > > I drive my Vmax now for 11 years, at all speeds, > revs & weatherconditions. > Never changed anything but the engine oil, oil- & > airfilter. > > Gerard. > Netherlands > > -------Original Message------- > > From: GTS-1000 Owners List > Date: Saturday, August 10, 2002 05:29:11 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Hey Rick Davids... > > > Rick, > > Thanks for all the valuable info. Just curious, > > how many miles on that water pump and how often > did > > you change and with what brand coolant? > > -Pete > > Change it? > Shit, you're supposed to change it? > Heh, I've had the bike for 1 1/2 years. 36k on the > waterpump. 21k of that is > my doing. I remember looking at the coolent a few > times but can't recall > ever changing it until I rebuilt the top end a > couple months back. I used > some brand called Zerex. Not mc specific, safe for > all motors blah blah. I > did put in a pretty high mix to water. Maybe 20% > water. The failure occured > while doing 100ish in 100+ tempuratures. Now I'm > thinking that maybe having > too much coolent (allows for higher temps) could > have been a contributing > factor?? > opps > > btw, > Re: the top end rebuild. I'm pretty pleased with the > outcome. Still some oil > consumption but not too bad. I burned apx. 2 quarts > on the 5k mile tour. > Alot of that hard on the gas in high heat. > > Rick > . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
