Maintenance Project- Coolant Change

 

Last Update: 08/03/2005

by Scott Fabre

 

 

I changed the radiator fluid......it's dex cool.

 

 

 

 

 

Notice how clear the Dex Cool is after two years of use. No sludge as was reported by some. I don't get it. Why do some people have problems with sludge but others do not?

 

 

 

 

This is the lock washer type I used on the oil condenser cover under the plenum. The bolts were not even finger tight. They had vibrated out about 1/8 in ! Oil was leaking out the V through the drain tube. I placed a rubber cap over the drain tube for a few weeks until I could get around to pulling the plenum. I had used loctite before but evidently it did not work.

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