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Cooling System Hose Replacement (This is for the KLR-650) Go to your local parts house and get the Good Year #63936 heater hose. This unit is around 3 ft. long with a pre-formed bend at one end- for the water pump to cyl. route. The other 2 hoses can be perfectly cut from the remaining hose. $23.00 as opposed to that chicken shit hose Kaw sells for $50. Bill "SandShark" 92 KLR-650 "The Beast" Central Florida Message: 14 Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:35:52 -0600 (CST) From: wgmcham@... Subject: radaitor help needed hey fellow listers, i need to know the size of the radiator hose for klr 600 & what kind of hose i can use besides OEM. just finished doohickey change,frame lube , valve adjusting, one was in spec, intakes too tight, one exhaust too loose, all went fine , now perring nicely. very small leak in water ose, about to flush radiator, and do oil change on shocks. thanks for any help. Weldon 2/1 CAV

[PauL M. Bober]

PauL M. Bober OK..... Maybe I need to clarify this ... LOL ! It runs hot. I understand Water Wetter and already use it. I am not experiencing over-heating. The bike does not run so hot is explodes. It's is when you get a bunch of heat gain from 25 minutes of 80 mph or better riding on the freeway ( carting my 200 pound frame and 3 Givi bags) followed immedaitely by 4 lanes of stop and go rush hour traffic in 115 degree heat. It will stay fairly cool if I am moving in 1st gear or 2nd gear ... if you are moving. I guess what I am looking for is just an easy way to fix trying to cool it off faster. Water Wetter / idle speed / fuel mixture / flush the radiator / distilled water .. done all those .. I have had my A9 for years. Had the problem since I got the bike. BTW ... Phoenix, Yuma and Bull Head City .. always the hottest places in the US. Last year, we had 103 days in a row of over 100 degree high days. Not whining you understand, no one makes me stay here.

[Devon Jarvis]

If it's never boiled over, do you have a problem at all? The water temp gauge is notoriously inconsistent from one bike to another. Devon "PauL M. Bober" wrote:

> > PauL M. Bober > > OK..... Maybe I need to clarify this ... LOL ! > > It runs hot. I understand Water Wetter and already use it. I am not > experiencing over-heating. The bike does not run so hot is explodes. It's is > when you get a bunch of heat gain from 25 minutes of 80 mph or better riding > on the freeway ( carting my 200 pound frame and 3 Givi bags) followed > immedaitely by 4 lanes of stop and go rush hour traffic in 115 degree heat. > It will stay fairly cool if I am moving in 1st gear or 2nd gear ... if you > are moving. >

-- "It's a troublesome world, all the people who are in it, are troubled with troubles almost every minute" Dr. Seuss

[PauL M. Bober]

Never boiled over. But, would you have a problem if your car got so hot that it rattles the valves when you accelerate? I know the gauge is not always correct ....but it is the engine noise that bothers me. PauL M. Bober -----Original Message----- From: Devon Jarvis [mailto:jarvisd@...] Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 10:53 AM To: KLR650 group Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] radiator If it's never boiled over, do you have a problem at all? The water temp gauge is notoriously inconsistent from one bike to another. Devon "PauL M. Bober" wrote:

> > PauL M. Bober > > OK..... Maybe I need to clarify this ... LOL ! > > It runs hot. I understand Water Wetter and already use it. I am not > experiencing over-heating. The bike does not run so hot is explodes. It's

is

> when you get a bunch of heat gain from 25 minutes of 80 mph or better

riding

> on the freeway ( carting my 200 pound frame and 3 Givi bags) followed > immedaitely by 4 lanes of stop and go rush hour traffic in 115 degree

heat.

> It will stay fairly cool if I am moving in 1st gear or 2nd gear ... if you > are moving. >

-- "It's a troublesome world, all the people who are in it, are troubled with troubles almost every minute" Dr. Seuss List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[Rick Kubik]

there's this new waterless coolant stuff - no connection to me, sadly - let us know how it works if you try it. http://www.evanscooling.com/main27.htm Rick Kubik Calgary, Canada where excess heat is not a problem -- --------- Original Message --------- DATE: Thu, 22 May 2003 10:40:35 From: "PauL M. Bober" To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Cc:

> > >PauL M. Bober > >OK..... Maybe I need to clarify this ... LOL ! > > It runs hot. I understand Water Wetter and already use it. I am not >experiencing over-heating. The bike does not run so hot is explodes. It's is >when you get a bunch of heat gain from 25 minutes of 80 mph or better riding >on the freeway ( carting my 200 pound frame and 3 Givi bags) followed >immedaitely by 4 lanes of stop and go rush hour traffic in 115 degree heat. >It will stay fairly cool if I am moving in 1st gear or 2nd gear ... if you >are moving. > >I guess what I am looking for is just an easy way to fix trying to cool it >off faster. Water Wetter / idle speed / fuel mixture / flush the radiator / >distilled water .. done all those .. I have had my A9 for years. Had the >problem since I got the bike. > >BTW ... Phoenix, Yuma and Bull Head City .. always the hottest places in the >US. Last year, we had 103 days in a row of over 100 degree high days. Not >whining you understand, no one makes me stay here. > > > > >List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html >Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: >DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >

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[Judson D. Jones]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "PauL M. Bober" wrote:

> Never boiled over. But, would you have a problem if your car

got so hot

> that it rattles the valves when you accelerate? I know the gauge

is not

> always correct ....but it is the engine noise that bothers me. >

"Rattles the valves"? Are you sure it isn't pinging? What fuel are you running?

[planetequipment]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "PauL M. Bober" wrote:

> Never boiled over. But, would you have a problem if your car got

so hot

> that it rattles the valves when you accelerate? I know the gauge

is not

> always correct ....but it is the engine noise that bothers me. > > > PauL M. Bober >

That "rattling the valves" sound you hear while accelerating is probably engine pinging. I'd get some higher octane gas in there quick. Ron

[maudibbb]

In regards to using straight water, I'm not sure that is a good idea, as one of the main purposes of glycol based additives, is to raise the boiling temperature of the coolant. This allows the coolant to get hotter without boiling off, something that is especially important to those of us who live in hot climates such as here in Arizona. Peter

[kdxkawboy@aol.com]

In a message dated 2003-05-23 4:50:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, deleeuwp@... writes:

> > > In regards to using straight water, I'm not sure that is a good idea, > as one of the main purposes of glycol based additives, is to raise > the boiling temperature of the coolant. This allows the coolant to > get hotter without boiling off, something that is especially > important to those of us who live in hot climates such as here in > Arizona. > > Peter > >

Peter, Coolant raises the boiling point, lowers the freezing point, but it also significantly reduces the cooling capacity of the system. Plain water is much more efficient at transferring the heat. Most you young pups weren't around when antifreeze was put on the market so we didn't have to drain our engine blocks on a cold night. I can remember the days when cracked blocks due to freezing where common place. The purpose of coolant was not to improve the car's cooling capacity, it was introduced to prevent frozen blocks. Pat G'ville, Nv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[RM]

On Fri, 23 May 2003 kdxkawboy@... wrote:

>Coolant raises the boiling point, lowers the freezing point, but it also >significantly reduces the cooling capacity of the system. Plain water is >much more efficient at transferring the heat. Most you young pups weren't >around when antifreeze was put on the market so we didn't have to drain >our engine blocks on a cold night. I can remember the days when cracked >blocks due to freezing where common place. The purpose of coolant was not >to improve the car's cooling capacity, it was introduced to prevent >frozen blocks.

I'll also add that antifreeze doesn't raise the boiling point very far. What is it - 10 or 15 degrees F?