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HEAD09
07-02-2007, 08:03 PM
well i flushed it out looked at the impeller and it looks fine...but my question is it???it turns fine but ive seen that a few of you have change them over too the aluminum ones...also the thermostat(is there one in there?can you bypass it?) i thiink has a wire off of it when it over heats the bike will shut down??
Tri-ZNate
07-02-2007, 08:35 PM
thermostat is under the air box housing and the bike wont shut down but the red light in the headlight will shine letting you know its overheating.
ATC-Eric
07-02-2007, 10:27 PM
Ronnie (Yamahondaman) makes the aluminum coolers, as well as the pimp bi-pass thingie to replace the thermostat.

A lot of people change to the aluminum ones because the stocker is known to fail. If you decide to stick with the stocker, I would get a nice little temp gauge that hooks up to the fluid line.

Im going to hook up with something like this soon. Then you can know FOR SURE that your bike isnt overheating.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ATV-SUPER-COOLER-WATER-TEMP-GAUGE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43977QQihZ011QQit emZ320133538656QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
Tri-ZNate
07-02-2007, 10:32 PM
yeah the guy with the outframe pipe on his tri-z had one of those suckers
HEAD09
07-03-2007, 06:24 AM
so whats the average temp....and thats thing is cool...:drool:
Yamahondaman
07-03-2007, 10:08 AM
03shee .. "Nathan" knows the temp .. , i think he said 150-170 deg. ?
Rennat_2006
07-04-2007, 07:09 PM
What temperature does the redlight turn on at anyways?
HEAD09
07-05-2007, 03:34 PM
now i want to know...you got me curious...has any one seen it go on...
Yamahondaman
07-05-2007, 03:42 PM
WELL ??? back in the 80's when the light would come on IT WAS HOT !! iv'e only seen it once.... prolly like a car dummy light .... ummm ... 200 deg. ? by then it's too late and some damage has been done....
ColeTrickle
07-05-2007, 03:54 PM
"The thermostatic valve should begin to open at 63-67c (145.4-152.6f)" says my service manual. I have seen the light come on and let me know before I did any real damage. The last time it was winter and I was ripping it across some corn fields when the red light came on. I slowed her up and could tell she was getting Tight. After a brief cool down she was back running. Since then the top end has broken in more and that hasn't happened again