today i had a spyder that came in for running hot and going into limp mode.
i duplicated the customers concern. i found the fan relay to be faulty leaving the cooling fan inop. i installed a new relay and the fan worked. the temp didnt get hot as fast but it definately still was running way too hot. while riding, the fan remained on the entire time, and while riding the temp bars never got lower than 6 bars, usually it is 4 bars. i could not figure out why it was running so hot. i called can am and they told me to look for swelling of the radiator. they have noticed several swelling and are not sure as to why they are doing it. i checked the radiator and found it to be swollen, the vertical cooling passages expanded which cause the horizontal cooling fins to become collapsed resulting in restriced air flow. the radiator is being replaced under warranty. just thought i would share my new found experience.
i duplicated the customers concern. i found the fan relay to be faulty leaving the cooling fan inop. i installed a new relay and the fan worked. the temp didnt get hot as fast but it definately still was running way too hot. while riding, the fan remained on the entire time, and while riding the temp bars never got lower than 6 bars, usually it is 4 bars. i could not figure out why it was running so hot. i called can am and they told me to look for swelling of the radiator. they have noticed several swelling and are not sure as to why they are doing it. i checked the radiator and found it to be swollen, the vertical cooling passages expanded which cause the horizontal cooling fins to become collapsed resulting in restriced air flow. the radiator is being replaced under warranty. just thought i would share my new found experience.
