The symptoms, twice there was a silver dollar size puddle of coolant under the middle of the bike, rear of the engine. Riding, outside air temp
70f or below, moderate riding style not ridin her hard, come to a stop and the cooling fans are running. I knew this wasn't right because of my old valk, it takes a 85f plus day and hard runnin for the fans to kick on.
Took the rune to the Honda people last week so they could pressure test the system and straighten her out. When they pressure tested they found
SIX different connections where it was seeping coolant!
I'm going to Myrtle Beach next month, I'm sure glad I took her in.
This as most of you know has been a issue with with these bikes from the beginning. The Service Mgr told me they have the same issues with quite a few GL 1800's. Sounds like Honda needs to increase the factory torque specs on the cooling system of all 1800's.
You all should take your bikes in and have them checked, tell them there's been few small puddles and that the fans run on cool days, it's of course covered under warranty. The heat of summer is rapidly approaching!
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70f or below, moderate riding style not ridin her hard, come to a stop and the cooling fans are running. I knew this wasn't right because of my old valk, it takes a 85f plus day and hard runnin for the fans to kick on.
Took the rune to the Honda people last week so they could pressure test the system and straighten her out. When they pressure tested they found
SIX different connections where it was seeping coolant!
I'm going to Myrtle Beach next month, I'm sure glad I took her in.
This as most of you know has been a issue with with these bikes from the beginning. The Service Mgr told me they have the same issues with quite a few GL 1800's. Sounds like Honda needs to increase the factory torque specs on the cooling system of all 1800's.
You all should take your bikes in and have them checked, tell them there's been few small puddles and that the fans run on cool days, it's of course covered under warranty. The heat of summer is rapidly approaching!
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