went out for dinner in central and had to do a fair bit of low speed filtering with the missus on the back. got to piccadillly and noticed the temp guage was max’d out. oh-oh. sure enough it starts to pee out coolant through the breather/whatever that pipe is at the bottom.
got her home later on when it was a bit cooler but still the guage was up in the danger territory mid-way into the journey. pretty sure i didn’t hear the fan on at any point so assuming thats the culprit. need to grab some coolant to top her up and see what i can do.
Could be a load of reasons why the fan isn’t coming on- when it happened to my hornet I did all the usual trouble shooting - narrowed it down to a frayed wiring connection in the loom where the loom sits under the tank.
just checked and sure enough the fuse is toast. no coolant knocking around so will go grab some tomorrow
have been too busy today chauffeuring the missus around to get her leathers, and fitting her gb racing protection to the triumph to do anything about it until now
any recommendations on coolant or are all good enough?
Just had this with the Mrs’ Hornet - fuse blown. But, changed the fuse and the fan still not coming on. Gave the fan a prod with a screwdriver (not a finger :w00t: - metal fan blades) and it blurts into life.
Most common cause of a blown fan circuit fuse? Sticky fan motor.
Take the fan out and get some WD40 into the bearings or odds on it will blow the fuse a gain.
If you’re low on coolant, don’t ponce around worrying about getting the right stuff, just top up the system with water.
It’s better to have not quite the right coolant than be low on the stuff. You can always correct the coolant mix later.
all a bit odd really. picked up the coolant but when i came to fill it up it barely took any. so either i imagined my bike being incontinent, or a) the dude that i bought it off overfilled it or b) there is some sort of air lock/issue with taking on more coolant? never had to do more than top up a little bit of coolant in the past so not sure what is going on here.
anyway, buggered around with the fan a bit as advised, no joy at first, heat gauge went into the red zone. turned it off and tried again and the fan sprang to life shortly afterwards and seemed to be happy turning on with subsequent tries. will keep an eye on it in case the switch/sensor isnt’ a happy bunny, or sommat is dodge with the fan
have wd40’d and acf50’d the thing to hell so hopefully the rust will be at least retarded at the very least
will take her out for commuting duties tomorrow and see what happens
cheers adz