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kly5953
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 Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:28 pm Post subject: oil temp high |
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i have a feeling it's just cause the engine is running at a high temperature cause i ran it with a high idle accidentally for a couple days. Does this engine simply use water to cool or can i get actual coolant for it?
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:14 am Post subject: |
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What do you mean?
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Rafal
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:29 am Post subject: Re: oil temp high |
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| kly5953 wrote: | | Does this engine simply use water to cool or can i get actual coolant for it? |
Hi!
If you simply asking if K1100 is water cooled, the answer is YES, whole K series is water cooled. In opposite to R series (oil heads), witch is air and oil cooled. And yes you can and should change a coolant one a two years.
If you asking for sth. else - I can't help, because I can't get what you mean  .
Best regards,
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DaveVoorhis
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:56 am Post subject: Re: oil temp high |
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| kly5953 wrote: | | i have a feeling it's just cause the engine is running at a high temperature cause i ran it with a high idle accidentally for a couple days. Does this engine simply use water to cool or can i get actual coolant for it? |
Not quite sure what you mean, but I'll assume by "coolant" that you mean the usual mix of approx 50% distilled or deionized water and 50% good quality antifreeze designed for aluminium engines. That's what should be in your K, not plain water. Plain water damages engines. The following is a thermostat housing from a BMW M20 2.5 litre engine run on water alone, sans the corrosion-inhibiting effects of antifreeze. Note the corrosion and erosion on the hose fittings. That level of damage was present throughout the engine.
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kly5953
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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haha, sorry i have a problem with wording my questions, but yes, all i wanted to know was how i needed to work the cooling fluids, i had some shoot up on my friends leg the other day while he was riding it so i think it was running a little warm and overflowing. Anyways, thanks for the help.
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Al.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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Still not sure what the question is. I had a problem with overflowing from
expansion tank - problem was the radiator cap had failed and the temp was getting too high.
Do a search for coolant - see top of page under K11! |
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