Rancidpunx Brisbanes Resident Detailer Donating Members 950 Member For: 15y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: In my Cabin Outside Brisbane. Posted 07/10/10 08:39 AM Share Posted 07/10/10 08:39 AM Before I dive in and realise ive forgot something or misjudge something else, can someone give me a few pointers.It doesn't seem like a hard job so I would like to do it myself like everything else.Any Coolant recommendations and how much? Where to get some distilled water?Where is the best place to empty the system and how do you measure the new level in the new tanks?Cheers Fellas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrturbomatty Member 79 Member For: 16y 8m 1d Posted 07/10/10 09:06 AM Share Posted 07/10/10 09:06 AM (edited) hey not sure about a fg but on my ba there is a bung on the passenger side at the bottom of the radiator. I normally fill with distilled water and run it through the system empty it and do it again and make sure your heater is on so it runs through the whole system. I think its about 10 liters of coolant and I just use a pre mixed nulon coolant seems ok. supercheap has distilled water for cheap hope this helps cheers Edited 07/10/10 09:50 AM by RHR No need to quote above post. USE FAST REPLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancidpunx Brisbanes Resident Detailer Donating Members 950 Member For: 15y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: In my Cabin Outside Brisbane. Posted 07/10/10 09:54 PM Author Share Posted 07/10/10 09:54 PM Thanks Matty,I read somewhere about people just shoving a garden hose in somewhere and running the car for 10mins with fresh water running through to get any crap out as well?I also read about removing the thermostat, any reason why?I had a quick search but there does not seem to be a step by step guide, just quick answers that are all slightly different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-wolf Member 897 Member For: 17y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: ACT Posted 07/10/10 11:22 PM Share Posted 07/10/10 11:22 PM Re " distilled water "Best place is Woolworth or Coles. 4 Litre bottles dirt cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkness Member 20 Member For: 14y 1m 24d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/11/10 12:36 AM Share Posted 08/11/10 12:36 AM hey guys may be a dumb question but why distilled water? so drain fill run for 15mins heater on then drain again and put in coolant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke them tyres Member 557 Member For: 16y 11m 6d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 09/11/10 02:22 PM Share Posted 09/11/10 02:22 PM No minerals or salts....both can cause buildups or corrosion within the cooling system.Tap water is also fluoridated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redback Banned 236 Member For: 15y 5m 16d Gender: Male Location: Blacktown NSW Posted 09/11/10 08:13 PM Share Posted 09/11/10 08:13 PM Mate just use Nulon Concentrate not the pre mix. You need a more concentrated mixture of coolant in these. Also bone dry the system will take about 12lt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjc Donating Members 2,823 Member For: 21y 2m 24d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 10/11/10 02:03 AM Share Posted 10/11/10 02:03 AM Thanks Matty,I read somewhere about people just shoving a garden hose in somewhere and running the car for 10mins with fresh water running through to get any crap out as well?I also read about removing the thermostat, any reason why?I had a quick search but there does not seem to be a step by step guide, just quick answers that are all slightly different.Watched my mechanic remove one of the lines from the expansion tank and flush it for a while whilst motor was running. Filled with Nulon concentrate also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_S15 Member 90 Member For: 14y 9m 17d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 07/08/13 04:47 AM Share Posted 07/08/13 04:47 AM Mate just use Nulon Concentrate not the pre mix. You need a more concentrated mixture of coolant in these. Also bone dry the system will take about 12lt.hey guys, dumb question but whats the difference between concentrate and premix?why do people go to the trouble of buying Distilled water and mixing it with coolant rather than just buying a "concentrated coolant" that's ready to go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenier Donating Members 1,736 Member For: 14y 10m 10d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 07/08/13 05:23 AM Share Posted 07/08/13 05:23 AM Premix is generally 50:50 mixed, whereas you can make it whatever ratio you like with concentrate and water when mixing it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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