Coolant strength test?

[Owl]

Could anyone tell me if there is a way to test coolant strength? The stuff I drained from my bike tonight looks like mildly dark green coloured water. Certainly doesn't look like any coolant I've ever seen and it was just replaced by a shop.
Any help woud be great!

[Usarka]

Bike stuff is diluted, 50% from memory.

The stuff i put in my bike according to manufacturers specs recently was reminiscant of my man mike plato ^H^H^H^H sorry, it looked like a lime flavoured ice block.

"dark green coloured water" doesn't sound too bad....

[Owl]

I just wondered if I could test this stuff. I mean this is really transperent!

[Usarka]

I just wondered if I could test this stuff. I mean this is really transperent!

If it was really transparent it would be "like light green water"!



BTW - why you draining recently serviced coolant? Do you have trust issues

[Shadows]

If you drink it and don't get pissed then it probably isn't strong enough.

[sinfull]

I just wondered if I could test this stuff. I mean this is really transperent!

The word madori rings a bell here ! Any of ya mates pissed at the mo ?

Was interesting to hear Marcus (mechanic) tell me to bring the bike back to him to replace the coolant after 3000 k (just gone over) since i road it down from auck and had him check it out ! He was worried cause it was a brown colour (he was worried ?) Didn't want me doing it, something to do with bleeding airlocks out mmmm google is my friend ! lol mind you, so is this bloke , TOP tech IMOP, aint met anyone who can program a tune into a bike without a pc till i took the 1050 to him !

[sinfull]

I just wondered if I could test this stuff. I mean this is really transperent!

Have ya got it hot yet ?

[Shadows]

Tried freezing it?

[sinfull]

Tried freezing it?

With a thermometer could get results sort of test !

[Owl]

Tried freezing it?

Good point!

[Shadows]

I'm not just a pretty face ^

[Owl]

Have ya got it hot yet ?

That's the problem! I downloaded a new fuel map tonight and thought I'd run it through a heat cycle while still connected to the PC. Temp reached 98 degrees then started dropping without fan. I checked the other side of the bike and noticed a puddle forming and coolant leaking from a hose. The hose is fine but not done up tight, so did it up, let it cool and checked level. Not much lost but it looks like water with a few drops of palmolive! I've drained and replaced, but wondered if I could test the shit before I do my

[sinfull]

That's the problem! I downloaded a new fuel map tonight and thought I'd run it through a heat cycle while still connected to the PC. Temp reached 98 degrees then started dropping without fan. I checked the other side of the bike and noticed a puddle forming and coolant leaking from a hose. The hose is fine but not done up tight, so did it up, let it cool and checked level. Not much lost but it looks like water with a few drops of palmolive! I've drained and replaced, but wondered if I could test the shit before I do my

Ya done a few maps now aint ya ? How ya finding the tune boy ? Ok retraction been a few weeks now huh ? Will go here again in a few weeks ! Is it that easy to change ya tunes and do ya notice it ? found on the track that i was lacking ! Not just in skills either lol top end was not happening (dont tell cowboyz but i was only just reeling in adrian on his 10 yr old kwaka 9 on the back straight, be interested if you've tapped yours out and what to ?)
Lose hose speaks volumnes with the service ?

[Owl]

Ya done a few maps now aint ya ? How ya finding the tune boy ? Ok retraction been a few weeks now huh ? Will go here again in a few weeks ! Is it that easy to change ya tunes and do ya notice it ? found on the track that i was lacking ! Not just in skills either lol top end was not happening (dont tell cowboyz but i was only just reeling in adrian on his 10 yr old kwaka 9 on the back straight, be interested if you've tapped yours out and what to ?)
Lose hose speaks volumnes with the service ?

TuneBoy is awesome, but I had a couple of "pinking" issues which should be sorted with this new tune. I've still got a big HP tune I haven't tried yet, but one tune at a time!

[Usarka]

Heres a photo of a pre-mix bottle. The flash made it a little greener than what it looks in reality, but prettty close (it's a dark miserable day here).

The stuff I took out of the bike looked like it was darker - i think it's reasonably common for mechs to do over strength.....


[Edit:] Supposedly to test the coolant strength you need to use a hydrometer or refractometer. But I guess you'd need to understand the operating margins etc......