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Hi everyone,
As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.
When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.
Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.
Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.
Thanks for your patience and support!
coolant reservoir bone dry
- Thread starter TYTE250
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TYTE250;31613 said:
Just so your radiator isn't dry!
Better take a peek and make sure that's full when you go to fill your reservoir. I've heard that you shouldn't use regular automotive coolant. It can get kind of gelled and is rougher on waterpump seals than stuff designed for bikes. I am trying some coolant made by Motul. I'm sure lots of folks here have their favorite coolants. Like oil threads, coolant has been discussed on this website a few times.
RLW
Husqvarna
AA Class
that's for sure.......maybe more like 'blow' a hole thru. In the right conditions, that nasty hot coolant can easily over pressurize that small dry tank causing it to burst with a big pop. I remember seeing a vid of just that happening to someone of a Husky, but can't remember when/where I saw it.Motosportz;31628 said:
I also agree w/Dirtdame comments on coolants......including make sure it has coolant in the radiators
FYI: I'm running Engine Ice in our bikes.......the blue is color coordinated w/my Husky
HUSKYnXJnWI
Husqvarna
AA Class
Dirtdame is right- the silica in automotive antifreeze will prematurely wear water pump seals- some don't have it but you have to know what you are looking for- its best to stick with Motorcycle specific. I have had good luck with a 50/50 mix of Coolanal by Maxima , with undiluted antifreeze.
make sure the tank is always half full/ or half empty. Your radiators were thirsty and took coolant from the tank- might want more so check the level when cool- topping off, coupled with the right level in the tank and you are good.
TYTE250;31613 said:
My 2006 TE250 reservoir tank was dry when I got it, and I put some water in based on reports of the hot liquid burning through the overflow tank when it needs to come out of the radiator.
Thing is - it has never gotten hot enough to actually transfer liquid cause I don't ride that hard and it is a 250 so it is less prone to getting hot.
Although I'm quite sure that others could make the bike hot
husky666
Mini-Sponsor
why not run 100% engine ice??
or 100% g12?
or 50%g12 +50% engine ice? (see quote below)
anyone mixing distilled water at some percentage with the g12 or engine ice?
from the engine ice web site:
"Can you mix Engine Ice with other products or types of coolant and antifreeze?
We recommend you never mix ANY TYPE of coolant and antifreeze products. One reason is that propylene glycol and ethylene glycol do not mix well together. Another reason is that just because the base fluid may be similar, other additives and ingredients may not be. Just as you would not mix oils, and for the same reasons, you should not mix coolants and antifreezes."
fidollaz;41970 said:
Only keep "Engine Ice" on hand...if you are running "Engine Ice"
They are made to be mixed with "H2O" as per instruction on the container. Will not work at 100% unless it say to on the bottle "Premixed"
That's what you're suppose to do.
(see quote below)from the engine ice web site:
"Can you mix Engine Ice with other products or types of coolant and antifreeze?
This is very good advice.
krieg
Husqvarna
Pro Class
People apparently confuse the Husky "overflow" tank with the conventional coolant "reservoir" found on cars. In practical terms, an overflow tank on a 2T or 4T motorcycle should be considered a "surge" tank... or somewhere for coolant to flow (other than the ground) when things get too hot for the radiator to handle. As a former Pumpkin bike owner who's bikes did not come with an overflow as standard equipment, I can vouch that there is a HUGE need for an overflow tank on most bikes (if not all).Jrmobb;42334 said: