Report: Honda Blue Coolant after 2 years (and 14K miles)

[Savago]

Dear Friends

Before doing the trip to Sequoia, I worked in the radiator fan and had to drain the coolant from the bike. Since it is over 2 years since I changed it (and it is past 14K miles), I was expecting it to be in a sorry state.

There is some common consensus in changing the coolant each 2 years or after 10K miles, so I had a bottle of the Honda Blue coolant ready to go in as soon I was done with the job.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0089LSFJ0/

The first surprise was when I drained the radiator: the coolant color was blue, almost identical as the one in the fresh new bottle.

Next, I decided to use one of those test strips that checks for acid/salt presence in coolant. The test strips looked the same when comparing the 2 years old coolant X the new coolant.

It was then that I read in the coolant bottle this: "Complete protection for 5 years or 60000 miles".

Some photos of the coolant/test strip:
https://goo.gl/photos/ojWcuxiFJHJ6UjJP6

The test strips I used were:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G4TWRJ8

Perhaps this is an indication that you may not need to change the coolant each 2 years?

Best regards


Savago

[Paladin528]

I run the honda blue stuff as well.  It is great stuff.