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I made an appointment with San Francisco BMW to have the 24K servicing performed on my RS tomorrow because the shop where I have been having my BMWs serviced for the past 35 years recently closed. During the conversation, the service advisor asked me if I also needed my brake fluid changed. I told him that I had replaced both the brake fluid and the coolant every two years - twice since I bought the bike. Then he asked me why I had changed the coolant. He said that the coolant should be good for the life of the motorcycle and only needs to be replaced when the coolant system needs repair or the water pump is replaced. That was news to me. I have always changed the coolant on my other water-cooled motorcycles every two years. He said that was true for the old green coolant but not for the BMW car-type coolant currently being used on the LC bikes. My previous dealer's "service advisor" never said a peep about that when I asked them to change the coolant every two years. Now I kind of feel like a sucker. Not a good feeling.

Maybe your prior mechanics used the old fashioned stuff....
Like the oil technology, coolant technology made some big strides. Minimum 5 y/150,000 miles for coolants - and that's conservative.

There was me thinking you was torn between two lovers.

Good song, but can't remember the singer
Alan

Zitat von Alda im Beitrag #4

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Good song, but can't remember the singer
Alan

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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #1

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I made an appointment with San Francisco BMW to have the 24K servicing performed on my RS tomorrow because the shop where I have been having my BMWs serviced for the past 35 years recently closed. During the conversation, the service advisor asked me if I also needed my brake fluid changed. I told him that I had replaced both the brake fluid and the coolant every two years - twice since I bought the bike. Then he asked me why I had changed the coolant. He said that the coolant should be good for the life of the motorcycle and only needs to be replaced when the coolant system needs repair or the water pump is replaced. That was news to me. I have always changed the coolant on my other water-cooled motorcycles every two years. He said that was true for the old green coolant but not for the BMW car-type coolant currently being used on the LC bikes. My previous dealer's "service advisor" never said a peep about that when I asked them to change the coolant every two years. Now I kind of feel like a sucker. Not a good feeling.

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #7

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That was the coolant maintenance schedule I followed on my 1986 K75c. If course, that engine was derived from a car engine, so it seemed logical.

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Zitat von Alda im Beitrag #4

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Good song, but can't remember the singer
Alan

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Zitat von Alda im Beitrag #4

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Good song, but can't remember the singer
Alan

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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #8

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Zitat von Alda im Beitrag #4

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Good song, but can't remember the singer
Alan

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Artist: Mary MacGregor
Album: Torn Between Two Lovers
Released: 1976

https://youtu.be/0fNykLQF4Rc

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #6

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That was the coolant maintenance schedule I followed on my 1986 K75c. If course, that engine was derived from a car engine, so it seemed logical.

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Same here. On our Brick engine bikes it was was a easy and fast procedure.
It's more involved now because the coolant has to be pulled in by vacuum.
The coolant passage way are very small compared to our old bikes and it's easy to to get trapped bubbles.

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Some say BavarianMotorWorks I think BringMyWallet!!!!!!!!!

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Zitat von Dave H im Beitrag #13

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Some say BavarianMotorWorks I think BringMyWallet!!!!!!!!!

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then there is Keep Taking Money when you need a newly abusive relationship

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