Coolant Related - General Enquiry

[JamesLi]

mmm.... thanks... maye i can try asking lollypop.... haha... although i dont know him... but got see him twice, and he living near mi...

[JamesLi]

i notice something, my reserve tank for the coolant fall at the low line... can i just top up coolant there or do i have to top up the radiator and the reserve tank as well??? anyway i just bought a bottle of coolant from shell(supercool, ready to use coolant), is this gd?? can someone advice mi??

[redname]

hi, jus wanna know from those who top up their own coolant whether if its the correct process by jus topping up at the radiator aft removing the cap?

 

n how much to top up to? until can see the water level?

[Vtec1605198534]

last time i top up at the reserve tank one........level between high n low will do........unless u wan to change coolent then diff story

[HondaSuperFourHSF]

Ok for top up of coolant just top up the reserve can liao

but if you are doing flushing. Please ask a person who do it before then you do it

or else there will not be enough coolant.

[HONG]

huh?? where is the place to top up coolant?? got reserve somemore?? where issit?? i jus bought my S4 today... newbie

[redname]

Originally posted by HONG@Sep 22 2004, 06:14 PM

huh?? where is the place to top up coolant?? got reserve somemore?? where issit?? i jus bought my S4 today... newbie

u can top up directly at the radiator tank, if not u can remove the fairing at the right side n you'll see a plastic bottle thingy

[HONG]

can i jus add water??

[Guest NPNT]

try not to if ur not in a desperate situation...

[nottyking]

Presuming u already remove the tank and able to see the cap, u might as well revv your bike while topping up, just in case if there is air pocket

[redname]

Originally posted by HONG@Sep 22 2004, 06:57 PM

can i jus add water??

yes u can, water is actually the thing tht keeps the machine cool. coolant is actually used to prevent rust inside n also to keep the temp up in order for the engine to run smoothly

[Guest NPNT]

i tot coolant is a better conductor of heat, so dat heat transfer would b faster in coolant than in water? dats y coolant is used instead of water? no ah?

[skye]

Originally posted by HONG@Sep 22 2004, 06:14 PM

huh?? where is the place to top up coolant?? got reserve somemore?? where issit?? i jus bought my S4 today... newbie

congrat on ur 1st S4... WELCOME...

[HONG]

thanks... bought it after 1 yr of riding GSXR400... ride till backache.. and bike so many problems... although riding for 1 day liao.. feel that ver s not power then gsxr400... but its is very smooth... thumbs up for ver s .. haha

[A3roSmith]

Originally posted by newbie@Sep 23 2004, 01:36 AM

i tot coolant is a better conductor of heat, so dat heat transfer would b faster in coolant than in water? dats y coolant is used instead of water? no ah?

yeah true...

but u cant use 100% coolant, u have to mix with water in a certain proportion.

and since the cooling system is a closed system, this proportion wont change very much...

 

so for topping up purposes, its safe to use distilled water only.

[A3roSmith]

Originally posted by newbie@Sep 23 2004, 01:36 AM

i tot coolant is a better conductor of heat, so dat heat transfer would b faster in coolant than in water? dats y coolant is used instead of water? no ah?

yeah true...

but u cant use 100% coolant, u have to mix with water in a certain proportion.

and since the cooling system is a closed system, this proportion wont change very much...

 

so for topping up purposes, its safe to use distilled water only.

[hachi]

Originally posted by HONG@Sep 23 2004, 01:16 PM

thanks... bought it after 1 yr of riding GSXR400... ride till backache.. and bike so many problems... although riding for 1 day liao.. feel that ver s not power then gsxr400... but its is very smooth... thumbs up for ver s .. haha

Quite true , I ride a GSXR before hell break lose after 8000rpm till the 14500 red line.

But always overheat even change coolant,fan and few weeks have to visit motor tiam for small problems.

 

If Ver S can have Smoothness,low comsuption and have the power of GSXR that will be great.

[redname]

Originally posted by newbie@Sep 23 2004, 01:36 AM

i tot coolant is a better conductor of heat, so dat heat transfer would b faster in coolant than in water? dats y coolant is used instead of water? no ah?

thts wat i thot also, until the saf mech told me wats coolant for actually. they say if u cold start ur veh, can add some pure coolant to make it easier cause it'll maintain the heat better. those coolant we get from motordiam is actually for overseas use, those countries where the temp sometimes is freezing, so in order for ur bike to maintain the operating heat u have to use coolant lor cause it has some chem inside to prevent lost of heat, so in s'pore coolant main purpose is to prevent rust lah, u want ur bike to be cooler, add DISTILLED WATER.

 

if i'm not wrg, this redline water weter mentioned somewhere has the chem to prevent rust but not the chem to prevent lose of heat, so its a better alternative to the coolant in terms of hot asian countries like ours

[Guest NPNT]

thanks for the gd read..

[Guest TheSquid]

Originally posted by A3roSmith@Sep 23 2004, 01:37 PM

yeah true...

but u cant use 100% coolant, u have to mix with water in a certain proportion.

and since the cooling system is a closed system, this proportion wont change very much...

 

so for topping up purposes, its safe to use distilled water only.

so ya agreein that coolant is better at heat transfer than distilled water?

which coolant are u referin to?

[HONG]

Originally posted by hachi@Sep 23 2004, 04:33 PM

Quite true , I ride a GSXR before hell break lose after 8000rpm till the 14500 red line.

But always overheat even change coolant,fan and few weeks have to visit motor tiam for small problems.

 

If Ver S can have Smoothness,low comsuption and have the power of GSXR that will be great.

well.. aniway.. its gd enough cos its not a sportbike aniway... its jus the torque not enuff... think maybe cos no vtec bah

[Guest TheSquid]

Originally posted by HONG@Sep 23 2004, 11:04 PM

well.. aniway.. its gd enough cos its not a sportbike aniway... its jus the torque not enuff... think maybe cos no vtec bah

i also ride a ver s. torque wise quite ok mah. very very decent pick up la.

mai hiam liaoz.

[HONG]

haha... no la.. nv hiam... love my new bike now... hee

[Guest TheSquid]

Originally posted by HONG@Sep 24 2004, 12:07 AM

haha... no la.. nv hiam... love my new bike now... hee

hehehehe comecome, sat join me and a few for dinner via 2nd link la

they also ridin ver s. slurps

hehehehe

[HONG]

i cannot find any place to top up the coolant on my radiator... and i dunno where is the other spare tank to top up oso... how cum huh?? have i missed out anithing?? pls help