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Do you keep up with coolant flushing? Posted by John Fitzgerald [Email] (#77) [Profile/Gallery] (more from John Fitzgerald) on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:13:17 In Reply to: Consensus: Do the heater core or no??, turrbo [Profile/Gallery] , Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:26:57 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Are you using conventional coolant and leaving it in forever? Distilled water and dexcool, replacing it every other year?
How much is your time worth to re do this job in a year or two, if it leaks? A Valeo core is $113 w free shipping from eEuroparts ... at the very least, I'd replace the hoses. If I planned on keeping the car (forever - until it dies), I'd replace all of the above.
That's what I've done on the 'fleet' of 9k's we've driven. Never been stuck with a leaking core in 600000 miles of 9k's.
John
Burlington, Wisc
'73 96 RHD sold after four years in Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, UK
'80 99 sold after 20 years/192,000mi
'86 9kT sold after 12 years/approx 121,000 mi
'87 9kT sold after 9 years/approx 174,000
'97 CSE 255,000 - given away
'97 Aero 225,000 daily driver
and a couple of 'non-Saabs':
'01 Suburban 135,xxx
'03 BMW 330 Cic 48,000
_______________________________________ John Burlington, Wisc '73 96 RHD sold after four years in Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, UK '80 99 bought new, sold after 20 years/192,000mi '86 9kT picked up at Trollhatten, sold after 12 years/approx 121,000 mi '87 9kT sold after 9 years/approx 174,000 mi '94 CSE given to my son after 8 years @ 245k; he sold it at 254k mi '95 Aero 146,xxx mi sold '98 CSE 248,xxx mi gave it away '97 Aero 317,xxx mi my daughter’s school car … gave away [we put 300k mi on it] still driving: '97 CSE 170xxx mi 'project car' for myself and my daughters to drive '07 9-3 2.0T 240xxx '08 9-5 191xxx mi my wife's daily driver and a couple of 'non-Saabs': '01 Suburban 201,xxx mi '03 BMW 330 Cic 84,xxx mi '14 Mercedes E350 103,xxx mi
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