radiator maint. and capacity levels question
11-20-2004, 11:36 AM
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radiator maint. and capacity levels question i have searched and found lots on dex cool and flushes, but my question is when the engine in cold , i look into my radiator and its like half empty. i know this isnt right, should it be topped off while cold and to what level. i am sorry if this is a repost, i do not have an owners manual, thanks,
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Originally Posted by golddot
i have searched and found lots on dex cool and flushes, but my question is when the engine in cold , i look into my radiator and its like half empty. i know this isnt right, should it be topped off while cold and to what level. i am sorry if this is a repost, i do not have an owners manual, thanks,
anyone?
if you put "too much", which you wont, it will always flow into the overflow.
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Originally Posted by golddot
i have searched and found lots on dex cool and flushes, but my question is when the engine in cold , i look into my radiator and its like half empty. i know this isnt right, should it be topped off while cold and to what level. i am sorry if this is a repost, i do not have an owners manual, thanks,
You're intuition is correct though, I wouldn't run it like that... there's 2 lines on the dipstick of your coolant resevoir... one for the resevoir level when hot, and one for cold... I normally bleat out the system to the return line and then fill till whichever of those lines i'm supposed to be at (normally hot, makes filling the motor at lot faster...
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