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Yell at them for not checking your coolant, and putting you on the road in an unsafe condition.Dirtytoes wrote:i'm gonna take it back to the dealer tomorrow...what do you guys suggest that i do? what should i buy? ...etc
Dirtytoes wrote:thats genius guys...
i picked up my bike from the dealer today...work done:
1. New Rear Tire...i found out i need a new front too.
2. Chain Adjust and lube
3. tire pressure.
3. Oil Change.
came to $248!....darnit.
anyway, they said that they didn't find ANY oil leaks....that's when i was like WTF....thought about it a but later and i thought that it could've been water mixed w/ anti freeze...
to answer your question, yes it was green...and i'm such an idiot...i remember getting on the ground and touching the fluid to see if it was greesy/oily and it was but just a little bit....since i didn't know i have anti-freeze on my bike.....and because of the fact that it was right under the place where the bike holds oil....the first thing that hit my mind was that, it oil....obviously, i didn't think any further that day.
flynrider, i rode it for 75 miles today to get the slipperiness away from the new tire.....
everything was fine but whenever i stopped at a light or a stop sign or just went at a low speed the temp would go up to right under redline, thats when i'd gas it and start going fast, and the temp went down.....note that this was at night when the wether was cool...so image a hot day?
i never heard the fan go on, and i found a little bucket that hold some green juice similar to the one that was shooting out of the bike....it was maybe less than 1/10 full...
i'm gonna take it back to the dealer tomorrow...what do you guys suggest that i do? what should i buy? ...etc
This would be an indication that your fan is not coming on. At higher speeds, enough air flows through the radiator to keep the coolant temps down. When your stopped or moving slow, you need the fan to move air through the radiator. I'm not intimately familiar with the setup on the EX500, but it could be a problem with either the fan or the thermostat that controls the fan.Dirtytoes wrote: everything was fine but whenever i stopped at a light or a stop sign or just went at a low speed the temp would go up to right under redline, thats when i'd gas it and start going fast, and the temp went down.....note that this was at night when the wether was cool...so image a hot day?
LOL, i will....*writes a little now on his hand*BuzZz wrote:Seriously Dude, we've been over this serveral times in several months.
GET A DAM SERVICE MANUAL!!!!
You will save yourself ssooooo much time, money and aggravation if do....
NO?!Shorts wrote:I don't think you should hear a fan go on with a water-cooled bike
Uh oh! Then I wonder what that sound is.........lol I don't recall hearing mine turn on, but I've heard DHs Vulcan. Washing my bike yesterday as I'm looking at the fan I'm thinking "I should hear that thing"ZooTech wrote:NO?!Shorts wrote:I don't think you should hear a fan go on with a water-cooled bike
Yes, that could easily be a cause an overheating.Haan4 wrote: *Please don't quote the spam - Mod.*
10-4 Good buddy!