davross Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 I have just bought a 270 beta and today I ran it up to temp for the first time. It was stood ticking over and it spat some coolant out of the radiator cap overflow, It did it twice and then the fan cut in and it ran fine after that. Has anyone got any idea what might have caused it? could the coolant have been overfilled and its just found it normal level. Please help. Cheers, Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzilla Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 My scorpa and my sherco do the same thing when you put coolant in, scared the crap out of me at first. the coolant will find its own level in the rad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timp Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Is it new or used? The radiator shouldn't be filled to the brim. If it is it will throw a bit out. So long as you can see fluid at the bottom of the filler tube its ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davross Posted April 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Its used, an '04. I really struggled to see the coolant level as its in a crap place, it's inside the frame. Would the fan cut in if there was no coolant in it? I hope i hav'nt boiled my new bike up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davross Posted April 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 How do you cure it? Im assuming that because you have said corrosion that just replacing the o ring is not enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davross Posted April 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Yep, it's ****ed. I took the pump housing off last night just to check, found the casings all corroded. The corrosion has also locked up the pump impellor and its spun on it's shaft. Bummer dude! Does anyone know where i could get the bits from? Im glad i found out this way and not whilst riding the bike. Cheers for the replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davross Posted April 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Thanks r2wtrials, I have ordered the bits from lampkins (Very helpful) Not as pocket damaging as i thought. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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