Rearwheelin
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Thank for the coments fella's ! I was clipping the throttle each time it foamed out. It has strait water in it now and will switch to a high quality coolant.
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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
Is this a sign of something bad ?
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Husqvarna
McKay
Husqvarna
AA Class
True the oil can enter the water but most common is water entering oil. Rear would have seen the oil sheen in the water by now.
You can also test for gasses in the water fairly cheaply.
http://www.amazon.com/UVIEW-560000-...1363357046&sr=8-1&keywords=head+gasket+tester
Cheaper then a head gasket teardown!
You can also test for gasses in the water fairly cheaply.
http://www.amazon.com/UVIEW-560000-...1363357046&sr=8-1&keywords=head+gasket+tester
Cheaper then a head gasket teardown!
OlderHuskyRider
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I tested my bike with one of these that check for exhaust gasses in the rad, it did not show any gasses in my radiator, but I DID have a leaky head gasket, so I would have to say the tester is 100% accurate for showing gasses in the rad, but it's not 100% accurate for revealing a small leak in the head gasket.
Rearwheelin
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I looked very carefully for that and zero oil. I even stuck my nose to the cap and took a whiff lol
Rearwheelin
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Just set up an account with ZipTyRacing and bought 2 half gallons of XF and a red ano oil cap.
James Patton
Husqvarna
AA Class
That's good to hear. Hope this will take care of it!
McKay
Husqvarna
AA Class
Hope you get it sooner than I did. Took almost a month and a half. When I emailed them to ask what the heck was going on I was told a tanker was delivering it to them and I would see it soon. Over a week went by and it arrived yesterday. Communication was very lacking.
Rearwheelin
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Well the tanker must have got off the load and now it's in the mail the same day ! Haha
James Patton
Husqvarna
AA Class
I am lucky. I live close enough to Halls, I just picked it up off the shelf.
Rearwheelin
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Dam ! There goes the boilover reservoir I wanted to build ! Maybe just a reservoir to hold more coolant now.
pvduke
Husqvarna
Pro Class
build it. catch cans are good, an absolute must on street bikes for obvious reasons. esp with water based stuff as it grows so much you can recover some of it and stave off evap somewhat and it gives the juice a place to go as it will get past the cap once the volume in the system gets exceeded from expansion- liquids arent compressable, so they have to go somewhere. that's why i dont run a firmer springed cap. its a safety valve and does what is supposed to. a fimer cap can mean a slightly higher boiling point on water based stuff, but it only comes with more pressure, not good, and it wont stop flash-steaming in the head/barrel. and, when ya crack the cap open it equalizes and steams off instantly and pruges the whole thing, NOW. very dangerous and messy. see the trend with water? all bikes pee, some more than others and there's a lot of factors contributing to same. either way that's why its vital to check that coolant before yer next ride as the level is in contstant flux, ya check yer oil dont ya? check the juice each time too and use the best you can afford, or borrow some money and get it anyways. after service i fill and tip and idle a minute or two (more if it has a t-stat you'll know when it opens) and tip and bounce then read it on the center stand w/ engine off. i want it just covering the tops of the core tubes. not to the top of the filler. that's too much as it'll just get pushed out the first time it expands, like when ya shut it off. coolant also breaks down due to contam from the hoses and atmosphere. replace it all on a regular basis it makes a big difference. i dont anymore but i rode some pretty abusive hard stuff on an pretty stock MX bike, wasnt that fast but i didnt have to stop every 15 mins to let it cool off either. i just kept plugging along on my CR250 while others were steaming and cussing off to the side mooching water.
Rearwheelin
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Yeah , ZipTy seems to be like Costco , need to scoop that stuff up while there is a run on itYou guys all suck!
My timing must have been perfect, as usual.
Rearwheelin
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Now I think I have a blown head gasket unless this guys bike was diagnosed wrong... Blown Head Gasket SMR 511
Tinken
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I apologize for the delay getting your coolant to you. We order our coolant 1000 gallons at a time which comes by truck from the east coast. I remember there was a delay from bad weather. I pushed your order through and had it bottled right away.
pvduke
Husqvarna
Pro Class
get the good coolant in yer bike as per the directions on the bottle and mine. go run a tank of gas through the bike. it if dont use all the cooant, gigantically overheat or intermix like crazy yer fine. HG's dont just "blow" 99% of the time for no reason. if they did bikes 'd be piled up everywhere on the trail and at dealers.
Rearwheelin
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I am not sure how hot it actually got . Generally besides the over flow leaking I have a good sense of my bike heating related to the riding conditions. I would estimate 240-270. That day it would kick the fan on at every stop or stay on constantly . I have only road it once around town since then and the fan would not come on during city driving at all and seemed to be running normally even though it was pushing fluid out with no steam, never enough fluid to run rads low. I only had maybe 5 rides since last September when i road the Dusy trail. Never any issues until the mud ride. I did notice the coolant seemed clear with no green color anymore like it was spent. When I added fresh coolant it foamed and dripped the same but no steam. I could see steam on the mud ride. I have my fingers crossed with the XF .
pvduke
Husqvarna
Pro Class
240-270 is warm for a few mins. 270 is too hot for extended use. should go back down quick with the fans on. fans on at stops is normal. it'll pee fluids for a few reasons, most common is the system equalizing levels with expansion. if the HG is popped enough to force fluid out the recovery jar it usually will really force fluid out same and start a runaway. before you add the FX try a CO test with plain distilled water with a block checker, or, pressure test the cooling system CAREFULLY. for a HG to pop from OH it usually has to run out or super low causing the head to warp and lift then the gasket will breech. im optomistic for you and fingers crossed. (block check for CO test. check out all the foamy crap here, normal w/ car coolant)
