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    coolant change help needed
    on: Apr 17, 2020, 07.00 pm
    Apr 17, 2020, 07.00 pm
    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?

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    Re: coolant change help needed
    Reply #1 on: Apr 18, 2020, 07.36 pm
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    Maybe this is usefull?
    It's the flow pattern for de DCT version (has an extra line from the top side of the pump)


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    Re: coolant change help needed
    Reply #2 on: Apr 18, 2020, 07.51 pm
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    *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

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    Re: coolant change help needed
    Reply #3 on: Apr 18, 2020, 08.02 pm
    Apr 18, 2020, 08.02 pm
    I cannot upload the manual, only the coolant section is already 16,3Mb.

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    Re: coolant change help needed
    Reply #4 on: Apr 20, 2020, 10.06 am
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    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.

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    Re: coolant change help needed
    Reply #5 on: Apr 20, 2020, 09.19 pm
    Apr 20, 2020, 09.19 pm
    *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.

     



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