• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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Coolant recovery bottle

Ruffus

Ruffus

Husqvarna
AA Class
Before I start taking my bike apart & going into it blind. Whats the proper way to change out the recovery bottle?
Mine has a crack, which had led to a few over heating issues.
I've got a new one ready to go in, just don't want to remove more parts than I have to.
Thank you for your time.
 
Assuming yours is same as a 450/510 TE from the 08/09 vintage, the overflow bottle comes out with just a couple of screws on the metal tab holding the assembly to the bike.
 
mine came out without taking too much off (07 TE450) mine leaks from one of the bolt holes on the tank, it still holds some coolant though. I doubt that is the reason for the overheating though, I had to do a few more things to mine, a coolant "y" piece, engine ice coolant and a fan as a back up have cured my overheating problems.
 
I have the Uptite "Y", & the high volume pump from Kelly. I got a feeling that as coolant goes into the over flow, then leaks out. No coolant available to get sucked back into the rad when it cools, takes a while, & then it over heats, but never had over heating issues while coolant bottle was good, even before I got the volume pump.

Should be an easy fix then. taking a quick look at it I thought for sure I'd have to remove something else to get it out. Thanks for the info.
 
Its my understanding that the catch can should only be receiving fluid if the radiator is boiling hot and spewing water ... It just catches what is boiled over out of the radiator ... Mine is busted also ... I have run the bike without the can on it without issue but if it runs hot, the water is lost ...
 
While you are in there I would also change out the crossover hose between the two radiators. I just had mine blow a 3/4" tear in it. I did enjoy a nice how radiator shower though. The bike might have been running a little bit hot before, but nothing it hasn't seen before. Just something to look into.
 
My temp sensor sh@t itself and didnt tell the fan to do its job so the bike boiled and blew a hole in the catch can. Got a new sensor and catch can under warranty but never worried about fitting the can. I just zip tied the overflow hose to the frame down near where the can came out. That was over 12 months ago and no problems since. Mines a 09 450 and Im running Engine ice.

From memory, you can remove the bottle without removing anything else. Id be looking at the temp sensor for your heat issues, not the bottle.
 
Thirsty2454 said:
My temp sensor sh@t itself and didnt tell the fan to do its job so the bike boiled and blew a hole in the catch can. Got a new sensor and catch can under warranty but never worried about fitting the can. I just zip tied the overflow hose to the frame down near where the can came out. That was over 12 months ago and no problems since. Mines a 09 450 and Im running Engine ice.

From memory, you can remove the bottle without removing anything else. Id be looking at the temp sensor for your heat issues, not the bottle.
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Mines an 06, no temp sensor, no fan. Soon as I can get a higher pressure rad cap I think my problems will be solved for good. Like I said, never over heated before with a good bottle, always stayed half full. I got a feeling my rad cap is releasing pressure too early & I'm getting the domino effect of loosing coolant. Hopefully I'll have her buttoned up this weekend, not like I can ride away. Damn monsoon season here LOL (April showers 24\7 suck)
 
Well its definately not your temp sensor then.
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You might be on the right track with the rad cap. Like everything else, they dont last forever.

Good luck with it, and those damn monsoons.
 
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joker said:
mine came out without taking too much off (07 TE450) mine leaks from one of the bolt holes on the tank, it still holds some coolant though. I doubt that is the reason for the overheating though, I had to do a few more things to mine, a coolant "y" piece, engine ice coolant and a fan as a back up have cured my overheating problems.
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My old bottle did exactly the same leaking from the mount holes, i siliconed it up but only held a few weeks, $80AU for a new bottle from my local dealer.

I just installed the uptite "Y" to my 07 SMR450 along with silicone hoses and Motul Inogel coolant, she runs heaps cooler and i aint got no engine fan (yet), will probably need one in the harsh Aussie summer amongst traffic.
 
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