640 Adv Coolant

GunshipDriver · 01-11-2007, 08:24 AM

Wanted to ask the inmates if they use Motorex or something else?

I am going to do a drain and flush and wanted to hear what you alls are using..

tirebiter · 01-11-2007, 07:52 PM

I use "Engine Ice" in my KTM and all my other liquid cooled bikes, like it.

v8turbo · 01-11-2007, 08:01 PM

i use the motul motocool. any big name brand of 50/50 will work.

fire_strom · 01-11-2007, 08:21 PM

honda pre mix
scott

ChrisC · 01-11-2007, 08:24 PM

I use Golden-Spectro pre-mix. It's expensive so it must be good...

markjenn · 01-11-2007, 08:45 PM

I always use the Honda stuff - premixed, no silicates, etc. - basically a good quality straight EG available virtually everywhere at a reasonable price.

- Mark

creeper · 01-11-2007, 08:46 PM

Harley-Davidson V-Rod coolant. It's orange, so it must be good.

No... really, that's what I use. Honest.

meat popsicle · 01-12-2007, 08:11 AM

Y'all change your coolant?

John E Davies · 01-12-2007, 09:04 AM

Here is a must-read article on coolants. If you never add or change coolant, don't bother reading it, because you are past help ;)

http://www.motor.com/MAGAZINE/Pdf/082004_04.pdf

I use Toyota Red coolant in my EXC, mainly because it's very high quality and also what I have on hand for my truck. Any regular, non-silicate ethylene glycol coolant will work. You have to read the lable carefully, or the article, to find out which ones are not advisable.

Don't use an extended life coolant. Just change it every year or two, max.

ChrisC · 01-12-2007, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John E Davies

you are past help ;)

True enough, true enough...

p.s. using Jap coolant in an Austrian bike contravenes the Geneva Convention

Big Doug · 01-12-2007, 09:22 AM

Yes, you have to use coolant squeezed from an orange tree (at the top of an Austrian mountain by cloistered monks at 10:01 PM during the Summer Solstice) in a KTM, don't you ?

Speaker · 01-12-2007, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Doug

Yes, you have to use coolant squeezed from an orange tree (at the top of an Austrian mountain by cloistered monks at 10:01 PM during the Summer Solstice) in a KTM, don't you ?

only way to go.

ChrisC · 01-12-2007, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Doug

Yes, you have to use coolant squeezed from an orange tree (at the top of an Austrian mountain by cloistered monks at 10:01 PM during the Summer Solstice) in a KTM, don't you ?

Yes to everything but the cloistered part...

meat popsicle · 01-12-2007, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John E Davies

Here is a must-read article on coolants. If you never add or change coolant, don't bother reading it, because you are past help ;)

...

If it ain't broke, don't fix it right?

I was just waiting for my bike to start overheating...

Odysseus · 01-12-2007, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tirebiter

I use "Engine Ice" in my KTM and all my other liquid cooled bikes, like it.

Engine Ice for me too. Seems to work, bike never over heats...

01-11-2007, 08:24 AM	#1
GunshipDriver ^OP Adventure in Iraq '07! Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Inland Empire Oddometer: 464	640 Adv Coolant Wanted to ask the inmates if they use Motorex or something else? I am going to do a drain and flush and wanted to hear what you alls are using.. __________________ The Stable: '03 KTM 640 Adv / '08 KTM 530 EXCR / '05 BMW R1200RT / looking for an Elise/Exige Former Rides: ’06 950 SM / '04 950 Adv / '04 RSVR Factory / '04 625 SMC / '03 XR650R / '98 Tiger / '99 R1 / '97 ZX-6R

01-11-2007, 08:21 PM	#4
fire_strom Beastly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Durango, CO Oddometer: 1,255	honda pre mix scott __________________ Officially moto-free 6 cycles with pedals

01-11-2007, 08:24 PM	#5
ChrisC Molon Labe Joined: Feb 2003 Location: Prescott, Arizona USA Earth Oddometer: 6,286	I use Golden-Spectro pre-mix. It's expensive so it must be good... __________________ Chris '03 KTM Adventure 640 '43 BSA M20WD

01-12-2007, 09:04 AM	#9
John E Davies Runs at Mouth Adventurer Joined: Dec 2004 Location: Spokane, WA USA Oddometer: 1,214	Here is a must-read article on coolants. If you never add or change coolant, don't bother reading it, because you are past help ;) http://www.motor.com/MAGAZINE/Pdf/082004_04.pdf I use Toyota Red coolant in my EXC, mainly because it's very high quality and also what I have on hand for my truck. Any regular, non-silicate ethylene glycol coolant will work. You have to read the lable carefully, or the article, to find out which ones are not advisable. Don't use an extended life coolant. Just change it every year or two, max. __________________ John Davies Home Page: http://www.spokanister.net

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01-11-2007, 07:52 PM	#2
tirebiter Gnarly Adventurer Joined: May 2004 Oddometer: 475	I use "Engine Ice" in my KTM and all my other liquid cooled bikes, like it.

01-11-2007, 08:01 PM	#3
v8turbo When in Doubt.... Gas it. Joined: Aug 2006 Location: SoCal Oddometer: 695	i use the motul motocool. any big name brand of 50/50 will work.

01-11-2007, 08:45 PM	#6
markjenn Beastly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2003 Location: Swellvue, WA Oddometer: 9,700	I always use the Honda stuff - premixed, no silicates, etc. - basically a good quality straight EG available virtually everywhere at a reasonable price. - Mark

01-11-2007, 08:46 PM	#7
creeper Still alive... Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Puget Sound Oddometer: 10,718	Harley-Davidson V-Rod coolant. It's orange, so it must be good. No... really, that's what I use. Honest.

01-12-2007, 08:11 AM	#8
meat popsicle Ignostic Joined: Feb 2004 Location: Circumlocution Office of Little Dorrit Oddometer: 13,844	Y'all change your coolant?

01-12-2007, 09:22 AM	#11
Big Doug Studly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2006 Location: North Bay, Ontario Oddometer: 526	Yes, you have to use coolant squeezed from an orange tree (at the top of an Austrian mountain by cloistered monks at 10:01 PM during the Summer Solstice) in a KTM, don't you ?