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Changing Coolant
I am going to change the coolant. I read the Chilton's manual and it said SVX has 2 coolant plugs. Is that true? And does the SVX has the coolant air pressure plug to release the preesure of the coolant? Please share some experience for me. Thanks.
ps: I am gonna use the redline water wetter. |
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Dees ees wot dee manuel says (don't let the preesure get to you ):
With engine cool, open radiator drain plug and drain coolant into a suitable container. Remove radiator pressure cap. Never open cap with engine hot . Remove and drain coolant reservoir. If equipped, remove drain plug(s) from engine. When coolant is completely drained, install the plug(s). Close radiator drain plug. Install coolant reservoir. Slowly add coolant to radiator until fluid level reaches filler neck. Slowly add coolant to reservoir until fluid level reaches Full mark. Install radiator and reservoir caps. Start and run engine at 2000-3000 RPM. When operating temperature is achieved, stop the engine. With engine cool, remove radiator and reservoir caps. Never open cap with engine hot . Add coolant as needed until fluid level is as specified in steps 7 and 8. Install radiator and reservoir caps. Antifreeze doesn't wear out, however its anti-corrosion package does, that's the main reason for replacing it every two years. Many shops recycle the antifreeze (run it through a filter, basically) in order to avoid haz-mat disposal fees. After it has been recycled they add an anti-corrosion package and you're good for another couple years.
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Beav,
1. If I drain my coolant and replace it myself, what is a 'suitable disposal method?' 2. Is there a coolant drain plug on the engine? 3. When I drained the coolant in my GL, I used a garden hose to flush the whole system out. Any reason I can't do this with the SVX?
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2. I don't know, most cars do though. I'm off today (off? as in I'm not off even on the days I work? heheheh) and I'm too lazy to crawl around on the ground to look. I'll try to pull into the shop tomorrow and take a pic or two if I get the chance. 3. No problem with that, however if the system isn't nasty it shouldn't be necessary. Besides, you were planning on bottling that stuff up and taking it to the recycling center weren't you? We get away with doing it because our floor drains run into a collection cistern and are pumped out by a hazmat company when necessary.
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Most of the sediment was from a blown water pump. It had been replaced before I took posession of the car. And, let me tell you, I sure am glad I took it. Otherwise there'd be nothing sitting behind the garage rusting to pieces. I was just so thrilled when I visited the car a few weeks ago and found that the shift linkage had rotted apart.
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You could always hack the top off of it and turn it into a planter or a sandbox or something...
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I just peeked under the skirts - there are two drains, one on either side. I wouldn't bother on my car, but that's me. I suppose if the coolant looked nasty enough to consider pulling the drains, I'd probably rather back-flush it instead. Just remember, I don't have to pay to do that though, so...
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BTW - the best part of stopping by the shop was being put to work for the remainder of the afternoon..... so long, day off...
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engine drain plugs
...are best left alone (in my humble opinion) UNLESS they are ALREADY(!!!!!!) LEAKING (and it is no fun when you are leaking from the block!) because you will get 99% of any solids out of the system when you backflush (or "just" flush) the system. Go ahead & flush away! Once the old anti-freeze is out of there you can use one of the radiator flush products per the directions, then flush away. You can even drive it around with just the water in it until it warms up and then drain and flush it, again. After you drain it the last time put in enough 100% anti-freeze to approximately 50% of the total capacity (7.4 quarts) and then fill with H20. I've used 1 gallon (which works out to 54%) of anti-freeze and have never seen anything but clean green when I drain it. I do this every 2 years in the Fall and don't ever remember seeing the temp gauge ever going past the normal middle of the range. Living in Oregon we don't see much 90+ or under 20 degree weather so I can't really claim this works as well in Phoenix or Fairbanks... Those guys are much more environmentally "challenged". When it is on sale with a rebate I buy the green stuff for about a net cost of $3 per gallon, so it costs less than an home oil change with a quality oil. I am a firm believer that this also extends the water pump life. Mighty cheap to replace one when you are replacing the timing belt vs. when stranded on the road with a blown radiator and a toasted tranny.
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Has anybody tried the redline water wetter in the SVX?
And can I use 70%distilled water+30%coolant in Summer? |
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Beav the Psychic
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And good point about not letting it sit around where some unsuspecting critter, human or otherwise, can get to it. We almost lost one of the Siberians once who got into something during an escape she had made. Vet thought it might have been a little anti-freeze. A little more of whatever it was, and we probably would have lost her.
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I've been called a lot of things (as most of you can imagine) but this is a first!
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Isn't that 70(H2O)-30(C) is cooler than 50-50?
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