Hey gang, with my '06 Switchback 600 and the weather in the mid 30's on Sunday, fairly loose snow conditions, I was still running between 170-190 degrees water temperature. Radiator was removed last year and I used a coupling to bypass the removed radiator, pretty straight forward. This sled should have plenty of cooling capacity with the tunnel cooler, running board coolers and rear heat exchanger.
After examing the plumbing and microfiche, I'm thinking that what is happening is that it is short-circuiting the cooling loop. Even with the thermostat open, the path of least resistance is to just keep on looping throug the bypass loop instead of pushing out through the boards and coolers.
I bought a new thermostat as well as some more nylon barb fittings, thinking that when I swap the t-stat, I'll remove the 1" coupling in the bypass loop and replace it with reducing fittings to creat a 3/4" orifice coupling. Am I nuts, or am I missing something here?? Thanks a lot!!
After examing the plumbing and microfiche, I'm thinking that what is happening is that it is short-circuiting the cooling loop. Even with the thermostat open, the path of least resistance is to just keep on looping throug the bypass loop instead of pushing out through the boards and coolers.
I bought a new thermostat as well as some more nylon barb fittings, thinking that when I swap the t-stat, I'll remove the 1" coupling in the bypass loop and replace it with reducing fittings to creat a 3/4" orifice coupling. Am I nuts, or am I missing something here?? Thanks a lot!!
