coolant change help needed

[bampy]

Drained the coolant from the bike and I have only managed to get around 1.5 litres into the bike. I have just taken out the bleed screw from the water pump and nothing is draining out. What am I doing wrong?

[__Ray__]

Maybe this is usefull?
It's the flow pattern for de DCT version (has an extra line from the top side of the pump)

[bampy]

Originally Posted by __Ray__

Maybe this is usefull?
It's the flow pattern for de DCT version (has an extra line from the top side of the pump)

Thanks

[__Ray__]

I cannot upload the manual, only the coolant section is already 16,3Mb.

[Superjeap]

You can reach the lowest coolant hose on the left side of your bike near the footpeg, sqeeze the hose hard a few times with the coolant cap off.
Start the engine and wait until coolant bubbles out. Close cap.
All air will be pressed out, and problem will be fixed.

[Matlock]

Originally Posted by bampy

Drained the coolant from the bike and I have only managed to get around 1.5 litres into the bike. I have just taken out the bleed screw from the water pump and nothing is draining out. What am I doing wrong?

I'm not sure you are doing anything wrong. I drained, flushed and replaced my coolant recently, following the procedure in the workshop manual and I got about 2 litres out via the drain plug. I flushed with a flushing agent, then a few rinse outs with tap water and then drained completely, squeezing hoses to get every last drop out. I got just over 2 litres out on the last drain. When I filled up, I got 2.2 litres of coolant in it after a few run/cool/top-up cycles and that included topping up the expansion tank. My only conclusion is that there's a misprint in the manual, looking at the schematic, there's no way there's almost 2 litres of water in there that can't be removed by draining. When I completed the procedure I ran the bike through two fan on/off cycles and it needed no further top-ups. My TDM900 takes 1.75 litres of coolant for comparison, almost 4 litres seems an awful lot for a motorcycle.