If you were to drain the cooling system from both the engine block, and water pump on a cbr600rr, then plug up both drain holes and fill the radiator with as much water or coolant as it will take, will it fill the engine block full of fluid again too?? I'm talking about prior to starting it....

 

Anyone?? Surely someone on here would have some mechanical knowledge of this sort..?

I drained my coolant from both block and pump, then re-installed both plugs > filled radiator with water only, the proceeded with draining from water pump drain - Not at the block this time - I did this twice... (with engine off both times)I then filled with coolant/water mixture. Just trying to workout if filling the radiator up full with water had allowed pure water back to engine block, thus diluting my coolant mixture

 

i have an 05 cbr600rr, my headlights dont workn, anyone know a quick fix, or does anyone have a wiring schematic for this bike?? please let me know

 

Drkmonky!!
U on the wrong page buddy!!

 

logic would say that if the water pump isnt spinning then its not moving any fluid.. (but maybe thats just me, lol)

did the radiator level go down at all over a couple days?

 

No the block will not fill completely, as the radiator is lower then the top of the cooling channels in the engine. That is what the res is for, the water pump will pull from it as necessary until its got the block full. If you notice that when you fill the res and then start it, all the fluid gets sucked in. That will happen a few times until the pump fills the space in the block. Honestly though there will be enough pressure on the thermostat that by the time its pops the block will pretty much fill instantly as long as there is enough fluid in the res,and you will stuff no additional heat. That help?

May I ask why you are trying to do this?

 

Thanks for thereplies men.

vertical, I'm simply trying to workout whether the method I used to flush and refill the cooling system has allowed the coolant mixture to dilute too much, thus not providing adequate corrosion protection. I used a 50/50 ratio, but am just worried that by filling the system with distilled water and draining at only the water pump had allowed some of that water to reside in the engine and mix with the coolant I added.(after all, I did drain from the engine block to get the old coolant out)

By the way, I did bleed the system of air after filling, and yes, I did have to add coolant during this procedure, however it wasn't a great deal.