• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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Overheating with Rekluse

Grady

Grady

Husqvarna
AA Class
I have a 06' TE510 that I recently installed a Rekluse pro in. I've done two trail rides with it so far and both times it had overheating issues. The first ride I had a large tank and standard coolant. Then before the last ride I switched to the stock tank and Engine Ice, hoping to keep it cooler. Still in the slow or tight stuff, she was boiling. I never had this problem before the Rekluse, even with the larger tank. I figure the heat must be coming from the bottom end, but I'm unsure how to reduce it. Any suggestions on this issue, or anyone else have the same problem?
 
Make sure your installed gap is not loose. Slippage will cause the oil to get real hot. Also do not over use as in way short shift and lug it as that causes slippage as well.
 
If the heat down bottom gets too hot you may need to drill out the bottom of the front fender and add holes to the skid plate if their are none at the present time. alot sometime a slight change of items cause a effect later down the line.

Radiator guards are the biggest for a overheat condition.. The viens are the most important thing to direct the correct amount of air in the rads..too much air and it recirculates and takes hot air in rather then cool air.

Electrical and overheating situations are not fun..

Chow, Carl
 
you may have other issues going on, but in the coolant department my favorite by far is zip ty xp+, made by evans. it's waterless, and you'll have to not only drain your system, but blow it out with the air compressor, and if you can be patient, maybe let it sit to dry out. you want to extract all previous coolant.

the coolant has a higer boiling point, stays liquid longer, retaining it's cooling properties by not becoming a vapor. i first used it on my '07 ktm 450 exc, and it kept me from having to install a fan. the '10 husky te 250 boiled on the long nasty climbs with the stock coolant. i replaced it with xp+ and rode nastier stuff without boiling.

some people balk at the waterless thing, concerned they can't refill with creek water if they need to... my experience is you won't need to.
 
I'd agree with those who say to check the installed gap + make sure you're not running in too high a gear while going slow. I've got a rekluse on my 450 and can tractor the thing all day with not even a hint of overheating.
 
I just checked the gap and it was a tad large, so I put in the next size spacer. I guess I'll see if that makes a difference on the next ride. I also bought a fan for it, but haven't installed it yet. Hopefully the heat was due to slipping, but I figure a fan cant hurt right?
 
Which large tank do you have? 4 gallon IMS?

Had loads of trouble with overheating today in 60F weather on slow single track. I do not see much room behind the radiators for a TE610 fan since the IMS tank fills much of that space now. I have rad guards on also.

I had to top off the tank a bit mid-trail with creek water today :-). At the first cooling-off stop, we were right next to a creek. We were headed up to the top of a mountain trail system , likely no handy creeks there. So we filled our newly emptied drinking water bottles with creek water. Came in handy later. Poured some water on top of the radiator around the cap and it boiled off fast. I have the stock T and blue coolant.
 
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