Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:35:16 +0200 (MET DST)
- Message No. 3736
From: Torsten Metzner
Subject: Re: Coolant replacement
|So...? What is right?
|The safest should maybe be to use a 50/50 mixture, but will that result in
|poorer preformance of the cooling system?
Hi Stig,
you can buy (at least in Germany) cooling liquid at your dealer. It's
a special mixture (e.g. from Castrol) for aluminium engines. My dealer
also uses this mixture. It's not so expensive (10 german marks for 1L).
I would recommend this.
|Also, how to replace the coolant. Is it just to:
|- Empty the reserve tank
|- Open the radiator cap
|- Remove the draining bolt
|- Fill new coolant on the radiator/reserve tank
|- Done. ?
Due to the official repair handbook it is:
- Open the radiator cap
- Remove the draining bolt near the water pump.
- Use a NEW seal for the draining bolt.
- Fill new coolant on the radiator.
Remark to the last point. The official repair handbook sais refilling
by putting new coolant in the reserve tank (Ausgleichsbehaelter in german).
But I had to change (due to a "funny" mistake I made) the liquid a few
weeks ago and the reserve tank wasn't empty after the above mentioned
procedure. The liquid was quite good so I didn't empty the reserve tank.
|Is there any need to ventilate the system
IMO, no.
Hope this helps,
ToM
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