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Coolant system clips vs clamps.

Joined Feb 2009
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The Frozen ******* Wasteland!
I was just reminded by another new owner about the time that I was tipped in on the right and had a burst of steam and hot liquid piss all o'er me leg. Sweet... one of those "genuine Aprilia" hose CLIPS had decided to go south. Never did find the little *******... Easy sort. Just got regular old screw hose clamps and cut off all those effing CLIPS and replaced them with the clamps. Ne'er to have a problem with coolant leakage again. Possible catastrophic engine failure... easy fix.

Hope this helps any new owners that may note a small amount of fluid on the right side of the bike. Do it now before somethign nasty happens.
 
Min, jist whin ye think its a sorted anither thing tae worry aboot springs up oot the ether. Awa tae find a big box o Jubilee clips n a screwdirver.
 
Is it OK to use jubilee clips instead of those weird standard ones on the oil pipes too ? the ones coming in/out of the oil tank ? I'm buggered if I can get the bottom one back on, so will have to swap it out for something else, and was going to go and get a jubilee clip tomorrow anyway ...
 

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