2-18 PERIODIC MAINTENANCE
AIR BLEEDING THE COOLING CIRCUIT
• Add engine coolant up to the radiator inlet.
• Support the motorcycle upright.
• Slowly swing the motorcycle, right and left, to bleed the air
trapped in the cooling circuit.
• Add engine coolant up to the radiator inlet.
• Start up the engine and bleed air from the radiator inlet com-
pletely.
• Add engine coolant up to the radiator inlet.
• Repeat the above procedure until no air bleeds from the radi-
ator inlet.
• Loosen the air bleeding bolt 1 and check that the engine
coolant flows out.
Air bleeder bolt: 6.0 N·m (0.6 kgf-m, 4.5 lb-ft)
• Close the radiator cap securely.
• After warming up and cooling down the engine several times,
add the engine coolant up to the full level of the reservoir.
Engine coolant capacity:
Engine side : 2 150 ml (2.3/1.9 US/Imp qt)
Reservoir tank side : 250 ml (0.3/0.2 US/lmp qt)
Repeat the above procedure several times and make
sure that the radiator is filled with engine coolant up to
the reservoir full level.
SAMPLE