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| JoeXR6 |
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Age: 43 Posts: 387 Joined: 30th Nov 2007 Ride: AU111 XR6 VCT Supercharged Location: Brisbane |
Hi all,
A quick question - I'm wanting to remove the top radiator hose (radiator to thermostat housing) and replace it with one of a different shape/orientation, to allow room for some intake pipework. My workshop manual says to remove this top radiator hose I need to drain the radiator of all coolant (which means front bar off, draining, purchasing new coolant, the process of pressurising the system, etc). Is this absolutely necessary? I just want to remove the top hose....could I partly drain the system and then top up? Or is there an easier way? If not I'll just drop the coolant as per manual instructions! Thanks for the help, Joe
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| Papa Smurf |
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I have changed top hoses before in cars and never had to drain the radiator. The mechs at work do not either. I would say that you could remove some by taking the top hose off and having a clean bucket under that side of the car to catch the coolant, just leave the cap on the overflow bottle. Just my opinion.
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Age: 46 Posts: 2484 Joined: 6th Oct 2005 Ride: 93EB Fairmont / BA Falcon XR6T Location: Western Sydney |
You should not loose much coolant either by doing what papa smurf said. If you take the radiator cap off you will lose a lot of coolant but.
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| JoeXR6 |
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Age: 43 Posts: 387 Joined: 30th Nov 2007 Ride: AU111 XR6 VCT Supercharged Location: Brisbane |
Cool, thanks for that! I'll give this a go now...
Joe
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| undertow |
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Cleanest way is to siphon a couple of litres of coolant out from the filler cap. Shove a peice of fuel hose, garden hose etc in the coolant tank and down the hose that goes to the radiator. Just be carefull not to get a mouthfull of coolant!
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| JoeXR6 |
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Age: 43 Posts: 387 Joined: 30th Nov 2007 Ride: AU111 XR6 VCT Supercharged Location: Brisbane |
Geez, I think I lost around 3-4 litres of coolant! Thought it might be tidier than that. Got the hose changed anyway which is good.
Do i need to go through the process of turning the heater on to pressurise the system having lost that much coolant? Joe
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| green car |
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Couldnt you have just drained the coolant by removing the radiator bung on the drivers side bottom and then just reused the coolant it if its still good.
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| JoeXR6 |
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Age: 43 Posts: 387 Joined: 30th Nov 2007 Ride: AU111 XR6 VCT Supercharged Location: Brisbane |
I suppose. Doesn't help now though! Will be topping up with same coolant and following re-pressurising process as per manual unless I hear otherwise.
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| 93EB |
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Age: 46 Posts: 2484 Joined: 6th Oct 2005 Ride: 93EB Fairmont / BA Falcon XR6T Location: Western Sydney |
green car wrote: Couldnt you have just drained the coolant by removing the radiator bung on the drivers side bottom and then just reused the coolant it if its still good. Doing this although thats what it is for is probably a bad idea. I did this in mine and it kept leaking after that. I had to take it to a radiator place and get the rubber washer replaced. It was ok until i disturbed it.
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Do it the hard way then
 why do you think they have a drain bung....And if you dont check the rubber washer before refitting that is on you, stuff does wear out.
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| JoeXR6 |
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Age: 43 Posts: 387 Joined: 30th Nov 2007 Ride: AU111 XR6 VCT Supercharged Location: Brisbane |
Ended up losing around 4.5L of coolant doing it the above way for anyone deciding to try this in future.
Anyway, filled water up to max level, turned heater on and ran for 10minutes, then checked level again. I expected from the manual (max ellery) instructions that I'd need to top it up again....but water was still at max level. Hopefully all air is bled from the system now. The odd shaped hose I fitted seems to be holding on fine, and water temp is normal (which is only up 1/3rd on the guage). Cheers All. Joe
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