Temp gauge trouble shooting
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@jens-eskildsen In peak summer times, my DT recorded a temperature of around 110 degrees using my vapor unit whilst sat in traffic.
The water did not boil, but no doubt there was a lot of pressure on the cooling system itself. This was prior to using evans.
Ultimately that was when my bike was a commuter. It isn't any more and I doubt I'll be sat in traffic for long periods of time.
Where I will be ripping up the B roads the coolant will have plenty of time to regulate.
In this instance, evans coolant requires no maintenance. There is no corrosion to worry about and it doesn't require anti-freeze.
Therefore it offers minimal maintenance when compared to normal coolant.
For this reason, I will continue to be using it on my project bikes as they will no doubt be left in storage.
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Id rather fix the problem and install a fan
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@jens-eskildsen I agree, if there is a problem, evans coolant isn't solving the issue, it's masking it.
I didn't have a problem, and I didn't mean to suggest using evans was an adequate solution to an overheating issue, as it is not.
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@declan said in Temp gauge trouble shooting:
@calum do the thermistors generals go bad? They seem like gold dust
I be got a scrap head if the thermostat will unscrew with out breaking you can have for it postage it's untested an I m gonna be using a vapour speedo with temp sender so the the thermostat is no use to me -
Never heard of them going wrong personally, DTRE doesn't have a temp gauge so it's never been an issue for me.
They get hot but they keep running.
You can get a temp sender for the vapor that screws in where the original goes. That's what I did so I have a nice reading on my unit.
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120x120mm fan fits, i mounted one from a pc as a test.
Makes removal of the sparkplug a slightly bigger hassle
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@jens-eskildsen sorry to be the one to tell you this, but for one, you have the fan blowing the radiator the wrong way, rendering it useless as soon as you start to move
secondly, pc fans are useless in vehicle application, they offer literally nowhere near the amount of airflow that moving even at 5mph provides. typically a PC is generating 150w of heat or less, thats 0.15kw, whereas a bike such as this is making hundreds of times more heat.
you need an automotive fan to make an ounce of difference
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Tom, I know, as I said, it was a test to see if it would fit.
Its mounted on the right side tho, and its supposed to suck air, not blow it, so it pulls air through the radiator. -
@jens-eskildsen yeah in my mechanics course we were told that some fans suck air through the radiator fins and others blow it through guess it doesent really matter
