jamebo Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Hey guys, I'm planning on draining the coolant and wanting to know if anybody can give any tips on COMPLETELY draining it. I'm wanting to put in a fresh mix of distilled water/coolant. Now when I installed my coolhead, I just removed the bottom radiator hose and the bolts on the side of the cylinders.... but I don't think that fully drained the system, plus theres the bottle behind the airbox. If anybody has any tips on how I can go about doing this it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilarious Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 your method of draining your coolant should do the trick. you should loose the coolant resavoir though. it really serves no purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okbeast Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 I blew compressed air into random holes in teh system with all the bolts out, seemed to work good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamebo Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Thanks for the reply. I installed a coolhead awhile back, and when I went to get some distilled water they didn't have any, so I got the spring water not thinking it mattered. Well, I just found out that that wasn't the best thing, so I'm wanting to drain and get rid of all of it and replace it with the right water/coolant mix. Does the resevoir bottle have circulated coolant in it? I know that every now and then it shows a little low and I add some to it. It can be completely removed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamebo Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 I blew compressed air into random holes in teh system with all the bolts out, seemed to work good. Thanks, I don't have a compressor, but my Father in law will probably let me use his. That sounds like it would work good. I appreciate the tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilarious Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Thanks for the reply. I installed a coolhead awhile back, and when I went to get some distilled water they didn't have any, so I got the spring water not thinking it mattered. Well, I just found out that that wasn't the best thing, so I'm wanting to drain and get rid of all of it and replace it with the right water/coolant mix. Does the resevoir bottle have circulated coolant in it? I know that every now and then it shows a little low and I add some to it. It can be completely removed? yes you can remove it. just run the hose, that is fastend to the nipple on the back of the radiator on the inlet, down to the bottom of your frame. i have ran my banshee like this. Just keep an eye on your coolant level in the radiator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamebo Posted July 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Thanks for the info, guys. I picked up some distilled water last night and I'm changing it out this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Hey thanks for the thread I am planning on doing mine soon also so the info is very helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooker82 Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 get you 2 gallons of distilled water. Drain the coolant, fill it back up with distilled water and run it for a little while. Repate this one more time. Then all the coolant is flushed out. You can flush the cooling system 2 times with one gallon of water. If you wanted to remove the build up get a bottle of Zerex Radiator Super Cleaner. It remove the build up pretty good. I would just run water and the cleaner for a day of riding. Give it a chance to work. josh http://www.valvoline.com/pages/products/pr....asp?product=15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamebo Posted July 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 That sounds like a great idea, I haven't had a chance to do it yet today because I've had a few things come up. (holiday related) I will do that tomorrow, that should get it all out for sure. I only got 1 gallon of distilled last night so I'll go ahead and pick up another one. I actually don't think it should have much build-up because I haven't put a whole lot of run time on it since adding the spring-water, so hopefully I shouldn't need the cleaner. Thanks alot for the suggestion, I'll do that tomorrow afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooker82 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 I was just talking about the junk that builds up in the radiator over time. Your spring water probably is water that was purified by revese osmosis. Still 100x better than using water straight out of the tap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgbanshee Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 (edited) If you're anal about getting all the coolant out, take the water pump plate off (be sure to buy a new gasket first) and remove both coolant drain screws on the side of the cylinders. That should drain 99% of the coolant out. To make things easier in the future so you don't have to keep buying gaskets you can pick this up: That has that little black drain screw on the bottom so you don't have to take the whole plate off and waste a gasket. Edited July 5, 2008 by tgbanshee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamebo Posted July 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 If you're anal about getting all the coolant out, take the water pump plate off (be sure to buy a new gasket first) and remove both coolant drain screws on the side of the cylinders. That should drain 99% of the coolant out. To make things easier in the future so you don't have to keep buying gaskets you can pick this up: That has that little black drain screw on the bottom so you don't have to take the whole plate off and waste a gasket. That's pretty cool. Looks like a very quick and efficiant way to drain the fluid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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