ZZR 1100 coolant - what do we all use?

McBarry · Post by **McBarry** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:41 pm

G'Day,

"Jed" needs a drink of new coolant..
Service manual mentions specs, but I'm more interested in what products members here use.

Thx for any replies,
Regs, Dave

McBarry · Post by **McBarry** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:43 pm

Haaa,
first post.. stuffed it already...
Title Should have read 1100D... not 100D...
Duh!!

Duane · Post by **Duane** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:55 pm

you can edit the subject mate, just hit edit on your first post and change it

Post by **MadKaw** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:06 pm

Duane wrote:you can edit the subject mate, just hit edit on your first post and change it

Seeing as its his first post, I changed it for him..

and as far coolant goes, I just used some Valvolene stuff from Supacheap.

Duane · Post by **Duane** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:09 pm

MadKaw wrote:
Duane wrote:you can edit the subject mate, just hit edit on your first post and change it
Seeing as its his first post, I changed it for him..

and as far coolant goes, I just used some Valvolene stuff from Supacheap.

You're a nice man Madkaw.

I believe shell make nice coolant for m/c's

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:17 pm

Duane wrote:
I believe shell make nice coolant for m/c's

so do Castrol..which goes in my mudderboike

ZXR750 · Post by **ZXR750** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:09 am

I use a product called Tec PGXL. It is a heavy duty coolant used in the trucking industry and is sold by Cummins.
It meets all of the specs for the old ZXR and then some. If it is tested every six months the coolant lasts for five years in a truck that would do over 1,000,000 km so I think it will stay in my radiator for ever. It does however find all of the smallest leaks which is a good thing any way. I use PGXL in everything I own with a radiator.

ronster · Post by **ronster** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:52 am

Used any old shit in my D1 for years, never lost any, never overheated, seems not to matter what you put in the farkr.

So you've got the best model of the best bike, well done mate, and welcome

PC

red_dave · Post by **red_dave** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:26 am

OMFG! Another Dave...

That would make about 235 Dave's by now...

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:45 am

286 actually dave...

McBarry · Post by **McBarry** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:27 am

Thx for the thoughts guys,

yeah, love the machine so far..
was a write-off, repaired, and now I'm going through each system to ensure it's function.
just did the shims myself, gotta replace exhaust gaskets,(too easy), some fairing patching before respray to factory red. (Had to straighten the fairing bracket - what a painful episode that was...)
Decals next - damned expensive for orig. lower fairing ZZR's too.
just did brake pads, coolant & oil next.

so slowly working my way through. Dunno the dyno but it goes like a dog shot in the a*s*, is good on fuel if I don't cane it,... a really nice return to riding after a 10yr absence fro the last one - an A2 GPZ 9.

Thx again for thoughts etc..

Dave
ps: might change my sig to "Dave 286" lol, lol

daffy67 · Post by **daffy67** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:18 pm

Nulon Ultracool.