Overheating

[penetang guy]

Out on the trails yesterday with two RX-1's and my Warrior and all three were overheating from time to time. About 35 F. What's the cure for this $hit anyway? I had the same problem last year. I'm sick of packing snow on the fins.

 

[Buckeye]

Rear heat exchanger helps. Either the Viper(SRX) or the new maountain one. You have to modify the inlets on the viper one if you mount it in a tunnel extension.

 

[SIMMER]

You what it is??? Happened to me.

You have an air-lock somewhere in the system that only surfaces from time to time. I had the same thing. Do the following....

Next time riding, drive you sled up a VERY STEEP hill and park it with front end up. Open the hood while it's running and SLOWLY open the Coolant Resevoir cap. Rev the machine for a few minutes and watch for bubbles to come to the surface. Do this 3 or 4 times during the day and your problem be fixed. Mine was doing the same and after I did this never happened once. Even a VERY small air-lock can cause your machine to overheat.

 

[Rmudmaster]

Wonder is right.. Happened to me also! You have to repeat the process a few times to get all the air bled out of the system. Once you do though you will be good to go !!

 

[Sled Dog]

I dont have a overheating problem but that would explain why my resevoir was low. When I first bought the machine it would idle and if left to run for 5 mins shut down because of heat. The resevoir was correct when I check it then. Went riding and it heated up again checked the resevoir and added about half a litre of antifreeze never heated up again since and I have left it to idle for 30 mins or so.

 

[Dukester]

Wonder your right on. Several of us had the same problem and your fix is about what we did to ours.