Triumphrat

Shawn · 02-23-2004

How would you rate your relationship with the dealer?

CanyonChaser · 02-25-2004

My friend has a 97 Daytona that had never really been maintained. I offered to help him flush his coolant (at about 10k miles on the bike) and the sludge that came out shocked and offeneded me. (He too complained about how hot the bike ran).

So I promptly dumped and flushed mine with (only 1000 miles on it!!) and again, was shocked and offended by the ooze that dribbled out of the system.

Since changing the coolant, both bike now run much cooler! Maybe british coolant is crap? But in any case, I enourage EVERYONE to flush their radiators ASAP.

Cheers,
Dave

MickMaguire · 02-25-2004

Triumph specify a coolant change and flush every 2 years (or 12,000 miles if that comes sooner), so if your mate's Daytona hadnt been maintained properly it could have missed 3 coolant changes in that 10,000 miles! Your Speed Trip was due to be done last year, or maybe before: Triumph fill the bikes with coolant at the factory, so you should really take the change date from the initial charge which would have happened when the bike was made - date is on the VIN plate for US bikes.

HTH

stevent · 02-26-2004

Thanks for the reminder about coolant, I changed mine on my '02 Trophy last night@ 13.5kmiles, The factory blue coolant didn't look bad with only minimal sediment.

You mentioned bleeding the system properly, What I did was drain the system through the water pump inlet connection then fill and drain by replacing and removing the the pipe till the water ran clear, then I filled the radiator with 50/50 dex-cool 5 year antifreeze and distilled water and ran the bike till the thermostat opened and burped the engine. Then I topped off the radiator, filled the recovery tank and rode around for an hour. The level in the recovery tank dropped an inch or so over night so it looks like I got the system fully charged with no air.

Meat thermometers and turkey basters work great for checking the thermostat and sucking out the recovery tank, just make sure you throw them in the dishwasher before your wife sees you with them. :-D :-g :-D

[ This message was edited by: stevent on 2004-02-26 14:33 ]

02-28-2004

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On 2004-02-19 12:53, jkhaug wrote:
My '02 Trophy 1200 had some overheating problems the first couple of months I had it. The shop first checked for a known problem with improperly grounded wiring, then bled out the cooling system. That didn't fix the problem. They looked again and found a faulty heat sensor, which was causing the warning light to come on when the engine reached normal operating temps. Although the sensor triggered the light, the engine apparently never actually overheated. It's worked fine since they replaced the sensor.

Thats the exact same sequence of events that happened to my 03 TBird. the only difference being they actually fitted the extra earth. I knew it wasnt overheating , I had access to an infra red heat sensor, and it was only 85 degrees coming out of the top of the head. I just dumped the bike on the dealers doorstep one rainy morning, after the fiasco with the extra earth wire they fitted. I said to the mechanic at the bike shop its gotta be the temp sensor , after two days they finally agreed with me. I no longer use that particular dealer, I found a better guy not so far away.