Question Bike Overheating! Thermocure works?

[Athosch97]

So after servicing the bike and flushing the radiator, putting new coolant inside, also went and bought a new reservoir radiator cap because it seemed like mine was not sitting well, after all those things I still catch the bike overheating, going up to 120 Celsius especially in the midday when I ride to work. I am thinking of using that product called thermocure which they say it helps remove rust from the radiator, at this point I can't think of something else that is causing the bike to overheat except rust in the radiator. Do you guys think that will work for the Fz6? Is there a different way to clean my radiator? Would love the opinion of someone who knows more than me! Thanks for bearing with me ;p

 

[gnyce]

Obvious first-question to my mind... does your fan kick in at all? It should/is supposed to. I would verify that first before going down any other rabbit hole - but that's me.

 

[Athosch97]

Obvious first-question to my mind... does your fan kick in at all? It should/is supposed to. I would verify that first before going down any other rabbit hole - but that's me.

Thankyou for the reply! And yes fan starts at 100 celsius, but seems like it's not doing much to be honest.

 

[gnyce]

OK good. Next item I would consider is the thermostat. Cheap part to replace, but if it is not opening, that could also be an issue (I think - there are smarter ppl on this forum, but I've had to replace a thermostat in other bikes, so...). I think you can test that by removing the thermostat and putting it into hot water, chk the temp, make sure it is opening at... not sure, maybe 110-120? That's probably something you can look up.

 

[Athosch97]

Okay fair enough, the only thing that makes me think that it's not the thermostat is that the radiator reservoir will spill some coolant from the overflow when I turn off the bike at 120 Celsius. I'll see how that turns out though. Thanks again!

 

[hun7ter]

Okay fair enough, the only thing that makes me think that it's not the thermostat is that the radiator reservoir will spill some coolant from the overflow when I turn off the bike at 120 Celsius. I'll see how that turns out though. Thanks again!

Did you ever find the cure? Having the same issue

 

[Gary in NJ]

Did you follow both of gnyce's suggestions above? At what temp does your fan engage?

 

[Athosch97]

Did you ever find the cure? Having the same issue

Hey! Yeah, well to be honest my solution was flush the radiator and because I bought mine used, it was disgusting what came out of that poor thing, I flushed it and it was all good. Now the bike runs perfect! Funny enough it's time for me to change that coolant aswell!

 

[Motogiro]

The FZ6 has one of the best, if not the best efficient working cooling systems on the market. Testing will always be better than guessing.