Where Did The Coolant Go?

[Jerry/MD]

Just completed a 1800 mile trip and noticed the coolant overflow bottle was completely empty. It was full before I left. Never noticed any discharge when parked so where would it go?

Jerry

[FuzzyWuzHe]

I had a similar issue when I first got my tri ... level was going down, but couldn't find a leak ... turned out the leak was the cap, and the coolant was actually stuck in the lower (right side) apparently there are little pockets in there (designed to make the lower stronger) it can get stuck in ... after the leak got fixed, every now and again I would get a drop or two on the inside of the right lower by my toe .... finally took a bucket of warm water and poured it in the area where the overflow bottle is .. flushed it out .. water dried ... no more issue.

I don't know if you know this, but the whole system only holds like a quart of coolant.

[Jerry/MD]

I had a similar issue when I first got my tri ... level was going down, but couldn't find a leak ... turned out the leak was the cap, and the coolant was actually stuck in the lower (right side) apparently there are little pockets in there (designed to make the lower stronger) it can get stuck in ... after the leak got fixed, every now and again I would get a drop or two on the inside of the right lower by my toe .... finally took a bucket of warm water and poured it in the area where the overflow bottle is .. flushed it out .. water dried ... no more issue.

I don't know if you know this, but the whole system only holds like a quart of coolant.

Thanks Fuzzy. I will look in the area you describe.

Yeah I know the whole system doesn't hold much coolant but did not realize it was only a quart. Frankly I'm not surprised.

Jerry

[riden2low]

I had a leak problem and the HD shop replaced the the whole pump on my 2014 Triglide. I carry a small water bottle with the antifreeze mix in the trunk for that reason..