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Bob KellyIII · January 26th, 2022, 01:36 PM

Ok granted a car is different they have bigger radiators ! and a larger cooling capacity... a motorcycle has the absolute bare minimum of cooling capacity
when you get air bubbles in the line that means your boiling the coolant !
you know that already.... that means your overheating that engine !
and that is something you do not want to do !
I bought a Subaru with a EA82 turbo charged engine that the gal drove home without coolant in it.... it split both heads ! the damage wasn't just isolated to just the heads... but I didn't know that at the time... so I said no problem I'll just replace them, but at $586.00 each I decided to weld the cracks myself ! ... that didn't work and once I did get it running the oil pressure was really low so I scrapped it, it cost more to repair it than it was worth !
( it was cheap so I bought it on the chance I could fix it)
that gal swore up and down she only drove it 5 miles without coolant in it
and that was about 3 minutes on that road.... but she cooked it real good !
aluminum engines do not like to be over heated !
....
Bob....

January 26th, 2022, 01:36 PM	#131
Bob KellyIII Retired motorcycle Mc. Name: Robert Location: Weed, California. Join Date: Jul 2021 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Kawasaki Ninja 250R, 2021 CSC TT250, 1977 Triumph Bonneville 750cc,2001 Honda XR650L. Posts: A lot.	Ok granted a car is different they have bigger radiators ! and a larger cooling capacity... a motorcycle has the absolute bare minimum of cooling capacity when you get air bubbles in the line that means your boiling the coolant ! you know that already.... that means your overheating that engine ! and that is something you do not want to do ! I bought a Subaru with a EA82 turbo charged engine that the gal drove home without coolant in it.... it split both heads ! the damage wasn't just isolated to just the heads... but I didn't know that at the time... so I said no problem I'll just replace them, but at $586.00 each I decided to weld the cracks myself ! ... that didn't work and once I did get it running the oil pressure was really low so I scrapped it, it cost more to repair it than it was worth ! ( it was cheap so I bought it on the chance I could fix it) that gal swore up and down she only drove it 5 miles without coolant in it and that was about 3 minutes on that road.... but she cooked it real good ! aluminum engines do not like to be over heated ! .... Bob.... __________________________________________________ Its too late when you've gone too far !