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A cooling system experiment

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martinfan30:
I am tired of losing coolant after a ride, so i thought i'd play around with a recovery bottle. Try it out tomorrow. Thoughts?

jfabmotorsports.com:
If you vent it and run the hose to the bottom it will work great. If you don't vent the bottle the psi's will blow the hose off that pointy bottle cap. The KLX450 have a coolant recovery system on them and they are set up just like every modern car and street bikes are.

martinfan30:
OK, guess i shoulda thought of that! lol. I'll see how I can vent it. I believe the capacity is enough, with bottle and the tube. its just one of those snifter bottles for gold panning.

KXcam22:
Here's mine made out of an armour all bottle painted black.  Route the hose to the bottom,  cut the end on an angle so it can't suction to the bottom of the bottle and make the top hole a bit loose as a vent.  To retain it I built up black tape wrapped around the bottle to make a groove for a large tywrap, one top and one bottom.  The bottle worked so well that I put one on my 450 before I even rode it. Cam.

martinfan30:
Can anyone explain why I continue to use up coolant? Every ride, I have to top off after. Not a lot, but just enough to fill the top tanks. I am wondering if my cap is bad.

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