Spitting Out Coolant

[shmiggles]

Hopefully someone can help me with this because I am stumped. When I put coolant in the back resevoir up until the full line.... once the quad warms up the coolant from the back resevoir comes spraying out of the rear resevoir overflow line until the resevoir is empty. But the radiator stays full. I'm puzzled...... any suggestions??? Thanks

[EastCoast Banshee]

just leave the bottle at low thats how almost everyone runs it saying they even have one.

[ssanddemon]

Sounds like the lines to the bottle are backward. The line from the radiator goes to the bottom of the bottle, not the top! But I lost my bottle a year or two back and you won't find its picture on a milk carton anywhere.

Edited June 7, 2006 by ssanddemon

[shmiggles]

Sounds like the lines to the bottle are backward. The line from the radiator goes to the bottom of the bottle, not the top! But I lost my bottle a year or two back and you won't find its picture on a milk carton anywhere.

 

This never happened before, and we never touched the lines. But that is a good point so I'm gonna check that the lines are where they should be.

[Animalman294]

There are a lot of people who don't even run one at all. When I put mine back together I am losing mine too. The system is not like your car. This is a overflow bottle not a recovery bottle.

[Capone]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Yamaha made that bottle so you don't spray coolant all over the enviroment, and the full line actually means empty it. I'm ditching mine this rebuild.

[shmiggles]

There are a lot of people who don't even run one at all. When I put mine back together I am losing mine too. The system is not like your car. This is a overflow bottle not a recovery bottle.

 

Good point... I'll just take the bottle right off. Thanks

[mybadbanshee]

Good point... I'll just take the bottle right off. Thanks

good call

[carter71]

I don't know where you guys come up with this NOT being a recovery bottle. If water expands and contracts, and it does, Explain to me how the coolant gets back into the radiator because every time I open my radiator, it's completely full. Those of you that take it off might get away with it, but your not doing your cooling system any favors

[ssanddemon]

My radiator is always full, no bottle. Keep in mind that the radiator caps on our bikes are not like those on a car. They are capable of holding much higher pressure and won't lose coolant like a car with no bottle does. BTW, have you noticed how 2-stroke dirt bikes never have a bottle? Cuz they don't need one, the system stays totally full unless there is a leak.

[luisg1]

so, what you guys think, cause im putting my shee together and if i dont need it why even worry about put it back on!!! :shrug: :shrug:

[carter71]

I'm not familiar with bikes so I won't pretend to know their system. Your banshee is just like your car. It is a RECOVERY bottle system. I am an equipment mechanic, working on everything from lawnmowers to locomotives for 30 years. I know what I'm talking about. A lot of you are getting away with not running it, congrats to you. I know of guys having heat problem and after I convinced them to put it back on, NO More Problem. If you are without a recovery bottle it is physically impossible to have a completely full radiator after your bike cools. I'm talking NO AIR at all. That is what a recovery bottle does. Run it or not, it's your call. Just don't be telling people that it does nothing.