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Coolant Draining
HELP!
I have an 07 speed triple with 6K on the odometer. Recently ive seen coolant draining out of the down tube. So, I drained all the coolant, along with the brownish gunk in the resivoir tank. I ran water through the system till all I saw draining was water. Then filled it up with the appropriate coolant/water mixture. 1 minute after the bike is on, new coolant started to drain out of the drain tube...what the heck!? Can one of the hoses on the resevior tank be clogged or what? I got no $ to bring it to dealer, and rather fix it myslef anyway. ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
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speedy doesn't want to be too full. if you fill it to the high mark, it will spit it out. if it stops to spit when it's at the low, it's fine.
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Speedy will belch out coolant until it reaches the level it likes. I know one guy who barely has anything in his fluid reservoir. You can practically consider it an 'overflow' reservoir. I'd let it do it's thing and leave it alone.
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Although what the other guys are saying is true, when mine was doing this i got fed up after a few months and took it to the dealers only to find out on thorough check that my headgasket had gone causing back pressure to the cooling system, if you find that you are using oil aswell then this could be the problem also, good luck your dealer should take a look and it should not cost you any money as it is under warranty
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I have an '07 that was doing the same thing. Turned out that the factory had the tube mis-routed and when it was supposed to go to the overflow, it was kicking it out on the ground. It's worth double-checking before you spend too much money.
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