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Much to me "glee," while bleeding the cooling system the other day 2 chunks of, what looked like gremlins at the time, of silicone came crawling out of the bleed side of the radiator.
The engine was recently rebuilt, so this leads me to believe whatever "master tech" put it together managed to get a good amount of silicone in the coolant passages. These two chunks were the size of about a quarter each. Now the real question, how do I deal with this?
I flushed the radiator before just using distilled water and filling it until it came out the bleed side. The only reason this silicone came out is because the bike was running, and it was hot. I think sticking a garden hose in one side and flushing it that way would be akin to pissing in the wind. Any recommended procedures? Should I pull the water pump too?
The engine was recently rebuilt, so this leads me to believe whatever "master tech" put it together managed to get a good amount of silicone in the coolant passages. These two chunks were the size of about a quarter each. Now the real question, how do I deal with this?
I flushed the radiator before just using distilled water and filling it until it came out the bleed side. The only reason this silicone came out is because the bike was running, and it was hot. I think sticking a garden hose in one side and flushing it that way would be akin to pissing in the wind. Any recommended procedures? Should I pull the water pump too?