Pure Coolant? No water?
Many collants say not to add water?
Never heard of this stuff.
>From: Imperial59crown@xxxxxxx
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>Subject: IML: Coolant overflow canister
>Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 01:42:55 EDT
>
>Today I went and bought an overflow canister, and installed it in all of
>five
>minutes. It seemed to do the trick, since I took her out for a long drive,
>both city and freeway, and the temperature stayed right around 190 degrees,
>climbing to 200 during long stop lights, but then returning to 190 when
>rolling again. I would like to clean out the system, but have no idea how
>to
>do this. The radiator was flushed when I originally had the car in for
>servicing, but I doubt the lines through the engine were routed out. I'm
>pretty sure the radiator is running with pure coolant, and no water, and
>since I live in Southern California there is really no need for antifreeze.
>Would it be beneficial to add water? Many of the coolants say right on the
>label, do not add water. I also took Philipes suggestion and took out my
>tranny dipstick, and put it on the floor of the back-seat. I then put about
>a
>two foot length of wire mesh clear hosing over the dipstick spout, and
>attached it to the same bracket the window washer fluid bag is attached to,
>and ran it to the front of the engine compartment to drain, that is if the
>fluid gets that far, since I also left a few coils in the hose. This is a
>temporary fix to the tranny fluid ejection I get when cold starting the
>car,
>which is due I think to the breather hole being blocked by gasket. I
>haven't
>tested this one out yet, but so far I need to refine my device, since one
>of
>the coils must have come to close or touched the exhaust header, and
>slightly
>melted it. I'll keep you posted on how this one works!
>Bill '59 Crown
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