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Just changed the coolant in the SV last week. I'm pretty sure I bled it well but now I have my suspicions. I'll pull the upper fairing tomorrow to acces the radiator fill to check it again but I thought I'd pose this scanario and question....
Since I went with Blue Ice coolant, I have been paying far more attention to the coolant temp on the gauge than ever before. I am noticing a cooler temp on average. It runs in the low to mid 180's when it used to run in the low to mid 190's on average. Could be the coolant, could simply be the change from 6 y/o OEM coolant to new.
What I'm seeing now is pretty unusual fluctuations that I don't recall seeing before the change. Temp will read about 185 and will bounce around a little up to 188 then down to 184, 183...all close to the average and what I would think is normal but then it will suddenly drop to 170, 173 for a breif moment and then back up to those average mid 180 averages.
Maybe this is normal and I just never noticed or do I have an air bubble in the system causing the sudden drop?
Since I went with Blue Ice coolant, I have been paying far more attention to the coolant temp on the gauge than ever before. I am noticing a cooler temp on average. It runs in the low to mid 180's when it used to run in the low to mid 190's on average. Could be the coolant, could simply be the change from 6 y/o OEM coolant to new.
What I'm seeing now is pretty unusual fluctuations that I don't recall seeing before the change. Temp will read about 185 and will bounce around a little up to 188 then down to 184, 183...all close to the average and what I would think is normal but then it will suddenly drop to 170, 173 for a breif moment and then back up to those average mid 180 averages.
Maybe this is normal and I just never noticed or do I have an air bubble in the system causing the sudden drop?