Once a machine is over heating it doesn't matter if you go slow or fast to water to cool it off as either way the engine is producing heat. Best thing would have been to shut it down and let it cool off.

You most likely boiled some coolant out of the radiator, I would fill the overflow bottle, start the quad and let it come up to temp then check the overflow and see how much coolant got sucked into the radiator. I'd then top off the overflow to the correct line and go for a short ride to see if it overheats. You may have gotten lucky and just boiled off some coolant or you may have done some damage running the quad while it was hot then running it again with low coolant.

 

These machines are equipped with what's called a "Mud Mind Enhancer".

It's telepathic, and if it senses you thinking about going through a mud hole, it convinces you do to do so against your better judgment. It even makes your buddies cheer you on, or make fun of you for not doing it!

Then it sucks up as much mud/dirt/sand/grime as it can and glues it to the radiator. It does this even if the hole is only 6-12 inches deep. Pretty sure it's got some telekinetic abilities for this part, but hasn't been confirmed to my knowledge.

Relocating the radiator to the top of the front rack is the only way to disable this feature.

I've tried all other possible solutions first, with no results.

 

Might want to try bleeding the cooling system as well.
Possibly some air trapped in there.



muddydogs has got it though, you boiled some of the coolant out.

 

Fill up coolant, take her for a spin then fill it again. It's also good maintenance to give the rad a good cleaning both front and rear fins to make sure there's no mud caked in there. If you only just bought the bike I would check and make sure the fan is working correctly, previous owner may have unplugged it for a reason.

 

Thanks for the replies! and as soon as I saw it was running hot I did shut it down and let it cool for a while and only drove it to water once the code had went away so hopefully I didn't do any damage there. I called my local dealer and they said theyre out of coolant and wont be getting any in for another week could I just use a different coolant to top it off or is it a bad idea to mix coolants?

 

Any coolant safe for aluminum radiators is fine which most are these days. I think my 2015 Outlander has pink fluid in it. I would try and match colors so it doesn't look funny.

 

If your gonna do any kind of mud ridding its time to put the radiator up top.will save a lot of overheating aggravation.:smilietwocents:

 

If you are going to run a new coolant I would drain all the old stuff first, if not at least try to use the same colour coolants. Some coolants can not be mixed together or it will turn to gel

 

The easy/lazy bleed system is to put it on your truck ramps, or on a steep bank, so the front end is up at at least a 45. Let it idle there with the rad cap off.
Your rad is probably plugged though...you need to clean it thoroughly. I know, it looks clean...its not. Put a light behind it.


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Advice here for your overheating problem is right on. Can Am manual recommends commercial antifreeze at 50 - 50 designed for aluminum engines and radiators. Normal operating temps are 190 to 220 degrees F, typical for most engines nowadays. It is important your radiator fan works, it comes on about 220 degrees. It isn't often our machines are driven fast enough to get good cooling air over the radiator so the fan is important. And check for coolant leaks. Dirty radiators are common on ATVs so cleaning with your garden hose is important.

David

 

My cooling fan comes on at 200 degrees and shuts off at 198 which is what most others state that have a way to measure temp. Thats the reason I did the fan override switch on my quad, I can run the fan and get my temp down to around 170 which keeps the plastics cooler and my legs.

 

Right from my 2014 Service manual:

 

Thats what I'm seeing, my digital gauge might not be right on but it appears close enough. Actually thinking about it my fan does shut off at 199 but turns on at 200 or what my gauge thinks is 200. I used this gauge Trail Tech || Surface Mount as the sensor goes right in the block which I think is more accurate then a sensor installed in the radiator hose plus it was an easy install.

 

Pretty much what I was seeing to with the stock ECU flash as well.

 

hard to see how dirty/plugged the rad is without a light behind it. The stock rad location makes it hard to change the A arm bushings and the Rad is a PITA to change as well. I relocated my rad and added a fan override, best thing i ever did. No more burning legs in the summer unless I'm rock crawling.