Replacing coolant tank - Anyone do it?

Jeff C

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Was out in Idaho last week, and the coolant tank split and puked coolant out of the tank. Need to put in a new one....

anyone do this themselves?

If so, is it a fairly easy process?

 

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Have done a lot of them. Give yourself an hour to do it. Pretty straight forward and easy.

 

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What should I be loloking for in terms of updated part numbers, or the look of the tank that might be different (Assuming there was an updated, better part released).

I dont want to order one from the dealer, only to get an old part number unit that will again split

 

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It would be cool if someone did an aluminum one...

Have you done anything to combat under hood heat?

 

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Hotchief said:

It would be cool if someone did an aluminum one...

Have you done anything to combat under hood heat?

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I have about 10 2" holes on both the clutch side and exhaust side of the hood and a- arm area that have frog skinz on them to get rid of that heat.

Are these tanks still splitting after that update (Apparent update) that was done to the tanks?

 

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I have the blankets and the vented hood & side panels, I was just curious on yours.

I am not sure on the coolant tank update, have not run into the issue.
My water temp seems to run between 165-170 degrees when riding.

 

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Weld the seam

I don't trust the seam on the tank, regardless if it's new or old part number. I plastic "weld the seam with a soldering iron, then cover the entire tank with heat reflective tape to reduce the exhaust heat radiated to it. No problems since, and FWIW, I do have Cat's vented side panels on the sled.

 

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Hotchief said:

I have the blankets and the vented hood & side panels, I was just curious on yours.

I am not sure on the coolant tank update, have not run into the issue.
My water temp seems to run between 165-170 degrees when riding.

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Is there a toggle on the gauge that tells you the water temp?

 

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Is there a toggle on the gauge that tells you the water temp?

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On the Sno-Pro gauge you can hold down both up/down buttons for about 10 seconds and it converts the odometer area to 0-8 data options. Scroll up or down to data option 3 and it should be water temp.

Only issue is it reverts back to odometer as soon as you turn the key back off.