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[Chrisblack10r]

well seeing as my track bike has water only in the cooling system and the bike is going to be stored over the winter, im thinking of emptying the system and filling with water/antifreeze again

i can get good stuff from work G12+ free and guess it would be alright but does anyone know of anything better i should use

cheers

[peterpan]

if it don't  get cold enough to freeze you still want an inhibitor to prevent corrosion , very important.

[Chrisblack10r]

yep another reason why i want to change, just abit unsure weather car coolant will be ok

[GRNINJA]

it must be I am running it in my race bike at the moment 

[mrwippy]

well seeing as my track bike has water only in the cooling system and the bike is going to be stored over the winter, im thinking of emptying the system and filling with water/antifreeze again

i can get good stuff from work G12+ free and guess it would be alright but does anyone know of anything better i should use

cheers

 why do u just run water ? it will corrode ur engine just as easy in the summer as in the winter ,,, plus the bilud up of limescale

[GRNINJA]

you have to run water on a race bike.... you will not get through scruterneering with coolant 

[Chrisblack10r]

coolant is such a slippy liquid, if it was to spill on the track then like oil it would be a pain to clear

[Jon177]

Racers use Deironised water in the cooling system as it reduces the amount of corrosion that normal water causes.

If your not going to race the bike Chris then i would run Antifreeze all the time anyway. 

[Chrisblack10r]

yeah going to put it back to normal me thinks

[Patf]

How about something like Rock Oil Kool ?

[JediZX10R]

antifreeze also helps with cooling   

[doug_zx10r]

I run Kool in my bike, and not had any issues with it.

[davemfox]

Deionised water and Water Wetter http://www.redlineoil.com/products_coolant.asp?subCategoryID=4 and you can use this stuff in race bikes...

Dave

[r1ninja]

Get some water wetter

[Chrisblack10r]

antifreeze also helps with cooling   

certainly does by raising the boiling point of the water and even more so when the cooling system is under compression