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Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: woodskx500 on February 19, 2005, 07:24:15 AM

Title: overflow tank
Post by: woodskx500 on February 19, 2005, 07:24:15 AM

Does anyone have any Ideas about a overflow tank for my coolent. In the tight woods when I get stuck for a while it like to overheat and spill coolent!!!

Title: overflow tank
Post by: Rowdy-Yates on February 19, 2005, 04:46:06 PM

make one. Check to make sure your radiator cap is good too.

Title: overflow tank
Post by: mikesmith on February 19, 2005, 09:51:00 PM

A KDX one may be what you need.

Title: overflow tank
Post by: teamgreen500 on February 20, 2005, 11:01:34 AM

'89 to '91 KDX 200 bottle. It's behind the left-side-panel. You can fab/weld mounts on your sub-frame or run the KDX sub-frame. It bolts rite-on.

btw, don't we run a 'stiffer' radiator cap? I run a 1.1 on my desert scoot and a 1.5 on my trail scoot...I think. The trail bike's down in the Bay Area...

Good Luck,

Manny

Title: overflow tank
Post by: BrianSM on April 27, 2005, 01:46:48 PM

Any Women's Beauty Supply Store......buck a piece, Yea I painted it to match

Title: overflow tank
Post by: Rowdy-Yates on April 27, 2005, 06:38:43 PM

Thats what im talking about BrianSM good work!

Title: overflow tank
Post by: demographic on April 29, 2005, 08:52:59 AM

Plastic shampoo bottle, zipty, jobs a good un :)

Title: overflow tank
Post by: Rick on May 07, 2005, 04:22:50 AM

Brian,

Did you install a vent tube?  I have made these in the past for the 80cc bikes, but always added a vent tube.

Title: overflow tank
Post by: BrianSM on May 10, 2005, 05:03:29 PM

Quote from: Rick

Brian,

Did you install a vent tube?  I have made these in the past for the 80cc bikes, but always added a vent tube.

The overflow tube is wire strapped in place so it only goes 2/3 's the way into the bottle, the opening of the overflow bottle is 25% larger than the tube....I use the same method for my carb etc and strap it to the rh side of the carb snorkel....problem is that the carb drain doesn't drain because of the up hill angle, I need to lower the bottle so their is no fuel in the overflow tube, causes the engine to act weird sometimes so I have to lower the bottle for the next race......still learnin :oops:

Title: overflow tank
Post by: KXcam22 on June 14, 2005, 01:53:24 PM

Brian,
  Thanks for the idea!! I used a tall armourall bottle with a cap from something else. I made my tube go to the bottom and cut it on an angle. Hopefully it will siphon back after it cools down (like a car). My first test was a doozy and it worked great. Cam.

Title: overflow tank
Post by: KXcam22 on June 15, 2005, 06:26:17 AM

Just noticed that I got a bit of dirt in the bottle. I sealed up the top where the tube goes in. Cam.

Title: overflow tank
Post by: BrianSM on June 20, 2005, 06:15:25 PM

Quote from: KXcam22

Brian,
  Thanks for the idea!! I used a tall armourall bottle with a cap from something else. I made my tube go to the bottom and cut it on an angle. Hopefully it will siphon back after it cools down (like a car). My first test was a doozy and it worked great. Cam.

us fellow canucks have to stick together :twisted: looks good...now send money :lol:

Title: overflow tank
Post by: demographic on August 13, 2005, 12:09:22 AM

Another version seen fastened to the swingarm of this hillclimb sprint KX..


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