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Old 01-30-2014, 10:33 PM   #17 (permalink)
redpoint5
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Originally Posted by Baltothewolf View Post
Yea I do suspect the rad being old is what's causing the heat issues, as I said before, it's been at least 5 years since the radiator stuff has been changed.
I'm not going to discourage you from doing maintenance on your car, but coolant is usually good for 10+ years. In fact, I've never replaced coolant before and have never had an issue with the cooling system.

That said, I'll be flushing the original fluid from my 2001 CBR600 this year.
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