We had a magic ride in the dunes yesterday, in some pretty warm weather - 33 Deg C and climbing. Working pretty hard in the dunes but keeping our moving speed up, none of the bikes boiled over.
However, after a particularly bad choppy section through some rough dunes, I noticed that some coolant had splashed onto the motor through the overflow pipe - I got the fright of my life seeing the motor covered in green steamy coolant, thinking that I'd put a hole into one of the coolant hoses and I was gonna have to walk home.
After a closer inspection back home, i realised that the radiator overflow hose is a real shorty, and there is nowhere for the coolant to go but straight onto the engine? This strikes me as a design fault. Is there a reason why this hose would be designed like this? I will fit a longer hose asap and am thinking about putting together a water bottle system to catch any coolant overflow.
I thought maybe I'd simply overfilled the radiators and this was merely a bit of overflow of the excess fluid. But I had to fill the radiators with around 300-400ml of coolant after the ride, so I dumped more than "some excess".
Has anyone successfully hooked up a platic bottle setup to catch any coolant overflow on these Berg's? :roll:
Will I eliminate this problem by fitting a high-pressure radiator cap? :idea:
However, after a particularly bad choppy section through some rough dunes, I noticed that some coolant had splashed onto the motor through the overflow pipe - I got the fright of my life seeing the motor covered in green steamy coolant, thinking that I'd put a hole into one of the coolant hoses and I was gonna have to walk home.
After a closer inspection back home, i realised that the radiator overflow hose is a real shorty, and there is nowhere for the coolant to go but straight onto the engine? This strikes me as a design fault. Is there a reason why this hose would be designed like this? I will fit a longer hose asap and am thinking about putting together a water bottle system to catch any coolant overflow.
I thought maybe I'd simply overfilled the radiators and this was merely a bit of overflow of the excess fluid. But I had to fill the radiators with around 300-400ml of coolant after the ride, so I dumped more than "some excess".
Has anyone successfully hooked up a platic bottle setup to catch any coolant overflow on these Berg's? :roll:
Will I eliminate this problem by fitting a high-pressure radiator cap? :idea: