What coolant are you using?? AIT? OAT?

[nicolasr]

does anyone know what type of coolant is the one that comes with the bike from new?? I changed the stock coolant for OAT technology after 15k kilometers and have been using OAT since then.
Any recommendations? What coolant are you using??

Thanks

 

[ace50]

I use Amsoil brand in all my vehicles.
My cars, their oil too. Motorcycles though I use Rotella T. Wet clutch dirties oil faster IMO.

 

[magic]

I use the Yamaha branded stuff called Yamacool. No question about it being compatible with the bike. It's cheap and readily available. I'm sure thats what was in the bike from the factory.

 

[dietDrThunder]

There is no meaningful benefit to expensive boutique coolant or additives like Water Wetter. Pretty much all automotive coolants are aluminum safe now, and all are equally effective at cooling your bike.

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[2daMax]

Will be using Toyota longlife red coolant. No silicates to kill the water pump n safe for Al radiators. I mix 65-35 water to coolant mix for better cooling. Doesn't even gets cold in this part of the world so freezing point is not a concern.

 

[Cycledude]

I happen to use Peak Global Lifetime, it only comes premixed, brand really doesn't matter much but I do not recomend mixing your own, premixed doesn't cost much extra.

 

[WJBertrand]

There is no meaningful benefit to expensive boutique coolant or additives like Water Wetter. Pretty much all automotive coolants are aluminum safe now, and all are equally effective at cooling your bike.

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Agreed, Water Wetter is intended for race track use where traditional coolant is banned (extremely slippery and difficult to clean up if spilled) and you must run straight water. All Water Wetter does is add back some of the surfactants present in conventional coolant to improve wetting and heat transfer of pure water. Adding it to a cooling system already filled with coolant/water mix won't hurt anything but there's no additional benefit and is redundant.

 

[jimmy z]

Water wetter will cool a few degrees more when added to mix.It will cool better when added to pure water but then your boil point will be much lower.I have a pro street willys that runs hot and did a lot of experimenting with water wetter.Dont need or use it in s10.

 

[WJBertrand]

Since running temperature is controlled by a thermostat, I don't understand how water wetter could lower temps.


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[jimmy z]

When you have a vehicle that runs over the thermostat temperature is how it happens.

 

[WJBertrand]

When you have a vehicle that runs over the thermostat temperature is how it happens.

Ah, OK, that would not be the case with a stock bike or car. Manufacturers usually design in a bit of margin.

 

[Chuck B]

Ah, OK, that would not be the case with a stock bike or car. Manufacturers usually design in a bit of margin.

Go where it really is warm and you can easily exceed the manufactures cooling capability. There is a grade just west of Death Valley that all truck manuf use to test their cooling systems...many have failed. I have a Viper that when temps get close/over 110F and I'm pushing the vehicle a bit the ECU will pull timing...makes if feel like I'm dragging a steel safe out the back. My S10 has seen north 115F many times and hasn't had a problem but I was just running down a road not up a sand wash...

 

[WJBertrand]

Go where it really is warm and you can easily exceed the manufactures cooling capability. There is a grade just west of Death Valley that all truck manuf use to test their cooling systems...many have failed. I have a Viper that when temps get close/over 110F and I'm pushing the vehicle a bit the ECU will pull timing...makes if feel like I'm dragging a steel safe out the back. My S10 has seen north 115F many times and hasn't had a problem but I was just running down a road not up a sand wash...

Yeah, living in SoCal any trip other than straight north on the coast involves crossing the deserts. I have seen the temperature reach the 225F range on my Super T in Las Vegas last year with ambient temps of 115 and stuck in traffic (can't split in Nevada). I was worried about the bike but it didn't seem to have phased it in the least. This year I took the bypass around Vegas via 167/169 and temps stayed in the 180 -190F range with ambient temps around 100F this time.