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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: maxp on 31 May 2009, 09:42
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Planning on flushing the coolant today. Did a search but couldnt manage to find if there is a screw on the radiator that drains the coolant?
Failing that gonna have to remove the pincer clip attaching the hose to the rad.
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I think it's as simple as that mate, just detach the hose from the bottom of the rad. :smiley:
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yeh thats what i did with mine , surprising how much crap is inside there :shocked:
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i need to flush coolant on the barge, when I changed thermostat so much crap came out, I didnt clean it cos I didnt have time, but it is on my to do list.
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is that before you see sense and get a 2 again :lipsrsealed:
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you know im getting a 2 in january again :cool: Hopefully :undecided:
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Drained it today, went to refil it with some g12++ (no idea what was in there before), and only put in about 3l before it was totally full. I don't think I may have got all the old coolant out. How bad is this? And for next time,should I run the car after I drained it to get the last bits out?
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think you have to take the stat out to drain it completely.
always good to run a hose through it to get all the crap out the head and radiator
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think you have to take the stat out to drain it completely.
always good to run a hose through it to get all the crap out the head and radiator
Is it going to be ok to drive for a week before i change it?
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should be fine, keep an eye on temps in case you have air lock
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Phew, was getting abit of a cold sweat about corroding the engine / rad
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it only happens if you run it without coolant for a long period of time. the other advantage of coolant is it doesn't freeze at 0, needs to be much colder.
a member on here ran with straight water in the winter and it froze. not good.
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Corrosion aside, is there a realistic chance of the two coolants forming a gel which would obviously be disasterous? I would of thought not, but being the internet, i have read reports of such things.
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i need to flush coolant on the barge, when I changed thermostat so much crap came out, I didnt clean it cos I didnt have time, but it is on my to do list.
Flush the coolant or pump out the bilges? :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Drained it today, went to refil it with some g12++ (no idea what was in there before), and only put in about 3l before it was totally full. I don't think I may have got all the old coolant out. How bad is this? And for next time,should I run the car after I drained it to get the last bits out?
If you pulled the bottom rad hose off and let it drain dry, then you should have been able to get over 4 litres in. Be very careful to bleed the system as it sounds like you've got an air lock.