Motorcycle Coolant

Keep your Engine Running with XLMOTO Motorcycle Coolant

Motorcycle engine coolant ensures your motorbike achieves its full performance potential. XLMOTO's motorcycle coolant range helps to keep your engine cool, even when turning up the heat. Most mid and large-bore motorcycles feature liquid cooling. European emission and noise regulations are significant factors in the move to liquid cooling. The method is also more effective for keeping your engine running at peak performance.

How do coolants work?

Have you ever wondered why vintage motorcycles have engine fins? It's because fins increase an engine's cooling surface area. In comparison, modern liquid-cooled engines are often smoother on the heads, cylinders and engine cases due to the coolant jacket. This narrow casing around the engine allows the motorcycle coolant to circulate the engine block and cylinders. This action carries the hot coolant away from the engine and pumps it through the radiator. As a result, the temperature of the coolant is reduced and recirculated around the engine. The extra components needed for liquid cooling a motorcycle engine all add to the motorcycle's weight. These include the jacket, water pump, radiator, hose, and couplings. On the flip side, motorcycle engine coolant enables an engine to run more efficiently. An internal combustion engine produces lots of heat. So when the oil inside the engine gets too hot and with only airflow to cool it down, the motor runs poorly. As a result, performance suffers, and the engine uses more fuel. Moreover, the overheated oil becomes thin, accelerating engine wear. Moreover, it's not only excessive heat that damages an engine. When the temperature drops to Zero degrees C and below, engine oil thickens. It then circulates more slowly around the engine. This process also causes engine damage, as the oil is too thick to lubricate moving parts until it warms up.

Motorcycle engine coolant is also known as anti-freeze for a good reason. When the temperature drops below Zero degrees C, ordinary water freezes. Unfortunately, this action causes water to expand, so pipes and hoses split, causing the engine to overheat with catastrophic results. The chemicals within motorcycle coolants have a much lower freezing point. Some coolants can operate at -60 degrees C. A liquid-cooled engine running good quality motorcycle coolant also works well with full synthetic engine oil. In cold weather, this engine oil reaches working temperature faster than mineral oil, thus reducing the risk of damage. Also, due to the stability of the oil, the coolant can control the synthetic oil's temperature more accurately.

Types of motorcycle coolant

Most motorcycle coolants have the same basic ingredients and are available in two versions. Undiluted coolant offers the most resistance to sub-zero temperatures. Meanwhile, diluted or pre-mixed coolant offers a higher temperature range. Pre-mixed coolant is ready to pour and more convenient for quick top-ups.