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    Reminds me I should do a coolant change.

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    My spada has a tendency to piss coolant if it’s too full. It’s a right weirdo at times. It doesn’t ever get “low”, just dumps enough out to get to a level it likes and that’s that. (???)
    Seems to only do it after a long ride. Flushed it more times than I care to count; new radiator, various cap pressures etc, still did it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yokomama View Post
    My spada has a tendency to piss coolant if it’s too full. It’s a right weirdo at times. It doesn’t ever get “low”, just dumps enough out to get to a level it likes and that’s that. (???)
    Seems to only do it after a long ride. Flushed it more times than I care to count; new radiator, various cap pressures etc, still did it.
    I've had various cars over the years that would self regulate their coolant level by having a piss when it was high - after that the water level never dropped. I experimented on one by topping it up to the high mark, each time it would sort itself out to a level between high and low and once set just stay there happily.

    Thinking back my Honda Hornet did the same - if the under seat coolant tank was high it just had a pee and sat mid way until I did the next coolant change.

    You only have a issue if you are losing water and having to frequently top it up to keep above the low level. Which reminds me of Mrs B's ex VW Golf ...... bloody thing kept finding new locations to drip coolant from

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    Great idea on riding it with the covers off.

    There are bubbles coming up into the overflow bottle. Will ride it to work one day and keep an eye on it in case its just releasing some trapped air.

    But in reality I think its done a head gasket.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nzspokes View Post

    But in reality I think its done a head gasket.
    Bugger

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