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Old 03-04-14, 09:04
Pleiades Pleiades is offline
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Originally Posted by Schnidely View Post
Initial warm up after several minutes idling....reached 109 degrees C before thermo fan cut in....let it cool down.
That is a bit on the hot side for the fan to be cutting in?

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Now for the on road test(on a 27deg C day)...cruising between 70 and 130 kph temp held steady around 70-72. Slowing down to 50- 60kph temp rose to mid 70's to low 80's.

My figures seem to differ in every way to yours Pleiades. Could my thermostat be cactus??? Should I test that next??? What do you suggest?
Your results are going to differ as the ambient temperatures are quite different in your part of the world. Also it is entirely plausible that your domestic market XTs have different thermostats and coolant/water concentrations to suit your climate, which are not the same as the UK models and will alter readings.

The only way to check the cooling system is doing what it should is to plug the bike into a diagnostic tool and check the coolant temperature that the ECU is reading is within tolerance and how it compares that displayed on the TTO.