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Coolant change, reuse washers ?
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 11:01 pm
by Kenthammer
About to change the coolant on the NC30, just seen the price of the 3 drain bolt washers, nearly spat my beer out.
What’s the view on reusing the existing washers?
I am assuming they are crush washers, any alternatives ?
Re: Coolant change, reuse washers ?
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 2:48 pm
by richyrd5
If there copper just anneal them(get them cherry red hot and drop into cold water).'but they should be fine as is bud
Re: Coolant change, reuse washers ?
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 8:54 pm
by cbr400rrn
Are they the ones at £3.88 each? Can you not take the old ones to a local motorfactor and see if they can match them? Worth a try.
Re: Coolant change, reuse washers ?
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 5:05 am
by Neosophist
it is of course best practice to change it but you can probably reuse it without issue, i have many times just reuse and make sure it didnt leak after getting upto temperature,
Re: Coolant change, reuse washers ?
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 9:57 am
by Kenthammer
Thanks guys, no they are not copper, probably steel.
£6.20 for a 6mm washer x 3, is really taking the proverbial.
Ended up reusing, as did buy them last time out and can’t believe I paid that much.
Half way through the job remembered I had promised myself not to take the front cylinder drain bolts out ever again out as they are a PITA to get back in with normal sized fingers, too late to remember so had to remove bottom rad to get access which has the added advantage of getting another 1/4 litre out of that rad, and just a thimble full out of the cylinder drain bolts.
All in all, got 2 litres out so nearly all of it.
Re: Coolant change, reuse washers ?
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 12:31 pm
by Foxy400
Kenthammer wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 9:57 am
Thanks guys, no they are not copper, probably steel.
£6.20 for a 6mm washer x 3, is really taking the proverbial.
Ended up reusing, as did buy them last time out and can’t believe I paid that much.
Half way through the job remembered I had promised myself not to take the front cylinder drain bolts out ever again out as they are a PITA to get back in with normal sized fingers, too late to remember so had to remove bottom rad to get access which has the added advantage of getting another 1/4 litre out of that rad, and just a thimble full out of the cylinder drain bolts.
All in all, got 2 litres out so nearly all of it.
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