Wed Jun 4 08:26:12 1997 - Message No. 989
From: "Thomas A. Engelhardt"

Subject: Cooling liquid replacement intervals


Hy guys,

my honda maintenance book for my RD07 says to replace the cooling liquid
every two years or every 36000km, dependant on what comes first.
Why in hell does it have to be replaced that often??
Can anybody give my a logical answer on that?

I own my RD07 for four years (27000km) and since I never ever changed the
liquid so far, I start feeling guilty against my poor bike.:)

In case it turns out there is a good argument to change it, the maintenance
book says about refilling the new cooling liquid: "Refer to chapter 5 of
the general maintenance book".
Since they seem to have an own chapter in which they describe how to do
that :), is there really anything which has to be particularly observed
(except for what they state in my book: coolant capacity: 2.43l, mixture
distilled water / antifreezing stuff  ratio 7:3, new sealing for draining
screw)?
What is the torque for tightening the drain screw? My book does not seem to
tell anything about it.

Greetings from munich

Thomas


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