kirky1

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hi my water/antifreeze mixture is weak, a mechanic told me it needs a couple of litres of extra antifreeze, i dont want to bleed the whole system cuz he said there a pig to refill and get all the air out. Whats the best way to do this? cheers

Turbotits

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Remove drain plug from bottom of rad and drain. You havent really got a chioce but to refill and bleed the system

piehole1983

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They are easy to refill if you follow the guide to filling via the turbo hose and using a funnel. Do a search for it on here and you'll find it. This topic is covered almost every week.

alcazar

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As above, but DO do a search and DO IT RIGHT: it can't be bled if you airlock it, you need to start again.

kirky1

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what if i just drain about a pint out of the bottom of the radiator then run it for a bit and top up with antifreeze and continue doing this till ive put 2 litres of antifreeze in it?

Henrik

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you would be draining more and more concentrated antifreeze out if you did that, so it wouldnt' be the same as removing 2l of fluid and adding 2l of anti freeze.

kirky1

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what if i did that but waited till the end before topping with coolant

Henrik

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The man above is talking sense

53

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No difference draining 7 litres or 2 litres you're refilling it anyway so do it properly

Good opportunity to refresh the coolant regardless of whether the existing fluid is out of ratio

kirky1

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cowboyed it, just removed two litres a bit at a time then refilled a bit at a time all seems to have gone well thanks for the responses

alcazar

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I bet it airlocks.

Turbotits

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Next thread. 'my cars overheating'

kirky1

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ha ha i will know what the problem is so i wont have to bore you with that one.
On a different note is there anyway of checking what clutch you have with out stripping it down ? i want to get an esl and remap but dont know if my clutch will take it, i got it dynoed and it was 233bhp@10psi with turbo back exhaust and filter, im guessing it should be in the region of 290bhp after a remap assuming the td04 will boost to about 17-18 psi, its a turbo 2000

codfather

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Why ask if you wont take advice ? One of my list of jobs is to flush out coolant..hopefully before winter kicks in