Triumphrat

06-18-2006, 07:44 AM

Ive been using my 2001 955i tiger for my 25 mile round trip to and from work with no problems but if do any more fifty mile's then stop it blow's the coolant out the header tank all over the front mud gaurd and wheel any idea's or what to look at first would be helpful.
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KuzzinKenny · 06-18-2006, 01:09 PM

Hi bigun, hope its just you overfilling the expantion tank !! the level should be between the Max and Min mark, if you put more than that in, it spits it out when hot. if thats not the case you have an airlock in the system somewhere. do a search for posts about airlocks on this site, ok !!

KK

TorqueyT · 06-18-2006, 04:02 PM

Bigun

bit confused, as any coolant should really vent out by the rear shock, as that's where the breather hose ends - you sure it's connected up?

Anyway, I've got a similar problem. If I fill to more than halfway between min and max a lot of coolant is quickly vented off, it tends to settle just above min. If you do some searching here you'll find a few people have had this issue, and it's just one of those things, not much to worry about.
What I have found though is up and down mountain passes (pain in the ar*e up and down the Pyrenees) when stopping at the top of a pass a lot of coolant would be vented off, whilst the reservoir tank would boil like mad for a minute. This would leave me me way below min in the tank, and I would constantly have to refill. Not found an answer to this, if anyone has a good idea let me know... (Regarding the good old altitude/boiling point physics class, have already considered that, and don't think it should matter at 2000m altitude???)

[ This message was edited by: TorqueyT on 2006-06-18 14:04 ]

pineygroveshop · 06-18-2006, 08:56 PM

TorqueyT is right on about the venting location.

06-19-2006, 08:39 AM

Thanks for your replys when i bought tiger the level was on the bottom mark so i topped it up to the top mark and it spat it all out so i checked with windy corner (nearest triumph dealer) and was told to fill her up to between the 2 levels and eveything had been fine for a couple months and its just done it again, all that is left in the tank now is a brown sludge :hammer: