My bike just pee'd coolant.

[Dan]

Just been for little ride on vtr and came back and parked it up in front on my garage to open it,

Went back to my bike and coolant was coming out of a pipe at the bottom (overflow ??).

Is it normal to do this

My coolant bottle was slightly high in coolant.

Dan

[darkember]

It could be just expansion and the engine jettisoning the excess. To be sure run it up to temperature preferably on paddock stands so the bike is upright and watch the fan kick in and see if it does it again.

[Dan]

Ye the fan does kick in, it did before.

[StuartWags]

if the expansion tank is between min and max , it shouldn't . Did you brim fill the expansion tank?

[Dan]

When I bought the bike it was slightly high on the expansion tank, I think it's just the excess coming out.

Dan

[Wicky]

[Dan]

??????

[VTRDark]

Just to make it clear because it's easily missed. The max level for the expansion bottle is about the halfway mark where you see the mould seam running around the circumference of the bottle. Fill while Cold. As coolant heats up it expands and fills the rest of the bottle and when cool disappears back in like the tide. Any overflow comes out the pipes on the left of the bike as you have found out. Might be an opportunity to do a coolant flush n change, get to know the bike more. What are you like at removing the front fairing?

(:-})

[Dan]

Is the front fairing a pain to remove.

[agentpineapple]

probably an air lock, the haynes manual explains how to bleed the system.

[Animal]

Have you checked to make sure the pipe is connected to the expansion bottle, if not you need to. There is also a pipe that that runs to the water pump side where if the seal fails it bleeds through the pipe and hence a drip on the floor.

[Wicky]

Went back to my bike and coolant was coming out of a pipe at the bottom (overflow ??).

When you say it is coming out the bottom -is that the bottom of the coolant reservoir bottle or bottom of the bike at the front of the engine casing (clutch cover) as it will vent coolant from a hole (if early model) or spigot (if late) if there's a seal failure (behind the clutch cover) for the water pump to prevent engine oil getting contaminated with coolant.

[Dan]

It was just excess coolant from the reservoir bottle. I started the bike on Monday and got it up to temp and watch the coolant expand in the bottle.