From: Phil S on
Recently on two days over 37 degrees when stopped at the end of a trip
the coolant from the overflow bottle on my Honda VTR 1000 overflowed (I
suspect it boiled from the temperature from the surrounding engine).
There was no problem with the radiator and it didnt boil over into the
overflow coolant tank. . I think it is purely from the location of the
coolant reservoir between the cylinders of the engine. Has anyone elso
had this problem.
Phil
From: Nev.. on
Phil S wrote:
> Recently on two days over 37 degrees when stopped at the end of a trip
> the coolant from the overflow bottle on my Honda VTR 1000 overflowed (I
> suspect it boiled from the temperature from the surrounding engine).
> There was no problem with the radiator and it didnt boil over into the
> overflow coolant tank. . I think it is purely from the location of the
> coolant reservoir between the cylinders of the engine. Has anyone elso
> had this problem.

What makes you think the water in the plastic bottle external to the
engine would be hotter than the water inside the engine where all the
heat was being generated?

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX
From: Phil S on
Nev.. wrote:
> Phil S wrote:
>> Recently on two days over 37 degrees when stopped at the end of a trip
>> the coolant from the overflow bottle on my Honda VTR 1000 overflowed
>> (I suspect it boiled from the temperature from the surrounding
>> engine). There was no problem with the radiator and it didnt boil over
>> into the overflow coolant tank. . I think it is purely from the
>> location of the coolant reservoir between the cylinders of the engine.
>> Has anyone elso had this problem.
>
> What makes you think the water in the plastic bottle external to the
> engine would be hotter than the water inside the engine where all the
> heat was being generated?
>
> Nev..
> '04 CBR1100XX
No water escaped from the engine / radiator. The coolant tank has an
overflow hose at the top with nothing to stop it escaping. I am only
guessing at this stage though.
Phil
From: justAL on
I believe Nev is trying to say.
It came from the radiator....ie. It was doing it's job.

justAL


"Phil S" <philsearl(a)wideband.net.au> wrote in message
news:45d17dd7$1(a)news.eftel.com.au...
> Nev.. wrote:
>> Phil S wrote:
>>> Recently on two days over 37 degrees when stopped at the end of a trip
>>> the coolant from the overflow bottle on my Honda VTR 1000 overflowed (I
>>> suspect it boiled from the temperature from the surrounding engine).
>>> There was no problem with the radiator and it didnt boil over into the
>>> overflow coolant tank. . I think it is purely from the location of the
>>> coolant reservoir between the cylinders of the engine. Has anyone elso
>>> had this problem.
>>
>> What makes you think the water in the plastic bottle external to the
>> engine would be hotter than the water inside the engine where all the
>> heat was being generated?
>>
>> Nev..
>> '04 CBR1100XX
> No water escaped from the engine / radiator. The coolant tank has an
> overflow hose at the top with nothing to stop it escaping. I am only
> guessing at this stage though.
> Phil


From: Phil S on
justAL wrote:
> I believe Nev is trying to say.
> It came from the radiator....ie. It was doing it's job.
>
> justAL
>
>
> "Phil S" <philsearl(a)wideband.net.au> wrote in message
> news:45d17dd7$1(a)news.eftel.com.au...
>> Nev.. wrote:
>>> Phil S wrote:
>>>> Recently on two days over 37 degrees when stopped at the end of a trip
>>>> the coolant from the overflow bottle on my Honda VTR 1000 overflowed (I
>>>> suspect it boiled from the temperature from the surrounding engine).
>>>> There was no problem with the radiator and it didnt boil over into the
>>>> overflow coolant tank. . I think it is purely from the location of the
>>>> coolant reservoir between the cylinders of the engine. Has anyone elso
>>>> had this problem.
>>> What makes you think the water in the plastic bottle external to the
>>> engine would be hotter than the water inside the engine where all the
>>> heat was being generated?
>>>
>>> Nev..
>>> '04 CBR1100XX
>> No water escaped from the engine / radiator. The coolant tank has an
>> overflow hose at the top with nothing to stop it escaping. I am only
>> guessing at this stage though.
>> Phil
>
>
No it didnt come from the radiator. The coolant bottle emptied. The next
day I had the bike serviced and the radiator was still full. Surely if
it had come from the radiator its level would have dropped. The Honda
dealer had no real answer.
Phil
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