cizzink11 Member 352 Member For: 11y 8m 25d Gender: Male Posted 17/08/12 01:54 PM Share Posted 17/08/12 01:54 PM Just to clarify,Yes my car is an Auto.No I will not be keeping the water in there. I was just asking if it would be ok to dump all my existing coolant. Fill her up with tap water, run it for a bit then dump that out and try to flush it with a hose? Just to make sh*t easier.The only reason I am worried about that is because of the underground plumbing for the water systems as we all know have been down there for a number of years and sh*t, if you look at the inside of your tap you know what I am talking about.More worried about particles of rust or calcium build up in the engine/radiator.It will be only for a flush out, then the new coolant will be put in.If demineralised water is the better option where do I get a decent amount of it from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_mate Member 767 Member For: 18y 2m 12d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 17/08/12 01:59 PM Share Posted 17/08/12 01:59 PM Woolies and Coles sell it in 5L drums for 5 bucks or so. I always have four or so of them lying around. Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broke Donating Members 229 Member For: 12y 6m 11d Gender: Male Posted 20/10/12 04:24 AM Share Posted 20/10/12 04:24 AM might give this a crack. Radiator place up north here quoted me $210 to do a flush and refill.. that's not a mis-type either. Two Hundred And Ten Dollars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR6menace BANNED Banned 1,462 Member For: 16y 11m 28d Gender: Not Telling Location: banned Posted 20/10/12 06:47 AM Share Posted 20/10/12 06:47 AM Did mine this arvo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDaifu Cruise Whore Moderating Team 5,128 Member For: 18y 8m 20d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/10/12 12:10 AM Share Posted 21/10/12 12:10 AM that's a pretty smik looking coolant reservoir there yeah had this issue as well with my BA 2004 auto T - PitLane did the flush for me - told me it took several flushes to get all the brownish water out - been good for the past 12 months - not as lime soft drink likes your's mate - but I can still tell it's green.Can anyone tell me if it's okay to top up with Tectalloy 90+ if you don't know what was previously used as the coolant? Or is it better just to top it up with demineralised water? My reserviour needs topping up now - thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR6menace BANNED Banned 1,462 Member For: 16y 11m 28d Gender: Not Telling Location: banned Posted 21/10/12 01:01 AM Share Posted 21/10/12 01:01 AM that's a pretty smik looking coolant reservoir there yeah had this issue as well with my BA 2004 auto T - PitLane did the flush for me - told me it took several flushes to get all the brownish water out - been good for the past 12 months - not as lime soft drink likes your's mate - but I can still tell it's green.Can anyone tell me if it's okay to top up with Tectalloy 90+ if you don't know what was previously used as the coolant? Or is it better just to top it up with demineralised water? My reserviour needs topping up now - thanks.$45 repco let me know if ya would like one .. I normally paint mine gloss black...I use normal tap water for top up's mate , but I do a flush every 12 months anyway..I split my original rad end tank/ trans cooler years ago running ONLY water *sigh* never again ..Bigger rad now and 50/50 glycol mix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 15y 5m 3d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 21/10/12 01:37 AM Share Posted 21/10/12 01:37 AM Top up with water gaz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falky100 Donating Members 305 Member For: 12y 5m 15d Gender: Male Posted 22/10/12 12:32 PM Share Posted 22/10/12 12:32 PM Hmmm my overflow tank is really yellow looking. Pretty much getting close to the point where you cant see the coolant inside it. The coolant looks pretty brown too. Might be time for a flush. Just to clarify how many liters of demineralised water and nulon coolant to make up the right amount of liters to fill the tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falky100 Donating Members 305 Member For: 12y 5m 15d Gender: Male Posted 24/10/12 03:21 AM Share Posted 24/10/12 03:21 AM Doing my coolant now, and check out the state of it!!!!! That black spots in the overflow tank is dirt. And I have already washed half of it out!The colour of the coolant is quite brown with a tinge of green in it. I got a feeling the previous owner was a wackjob and didnt know how to look after cars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broke Donating Members 229 Member For: 12y 6m 11d Gender: Male Posted 26/10/12 11:54 PM Share Posted 26/10/12 11:54 PM going to give this a crack today. bought a new thermostat and gasket as well. ive got 15L of distilled water and 5L of Nulon concentrate. I think my biggest hurdle is figuring out how to get as much old coolant out as I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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