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Bad procedure.
Posted by JohnB (more from JohnB) on Mon, 15 Dec 2003 06:21:43
In Reply to: Changed coolant.......only took 5 litres..What gives???, Norm, Sun, 14 Dec 2003 19:44:49
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I'll never understand why people add 50/50 mix. The right way is to flush your system with water, drain the radiator using the petcock or dropping the lower radiator hose (yeah yeah, dropping the hose is easier said than done!), buttoning it up, and then adding 1/2 the system capacity PURE ANTIFREEZE. Top up the system with water and if you're real anal after bleeding the system at the thermostat housing adjust the coolant level in the expansion tank with 50/50 mix. Only use 50/50 mix after this to replace leaked coolant.
The problem with trying to use 50/50 mix from the get go is that you never get all the water out of the system and therefore if you use 50/50 you'll always have less than 50/50 (and significantly so if you don't drain the block and have 5 liters of water left) coolant!
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