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freexrider
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 4:57 pm 
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Does anybody know the volume of coolant/water that goes into an EL?? Cheers

 

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Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 5:03 pm 
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gday it should be 15 ltrs

 

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 Post subject: Re: Coolant amount in EL
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15?! crap iv gotta buy more coolant... thanks for that :)

 

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including heater and that the whole system is empty 15L v8 and 16L 4L
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15?! crap iv gotta buy more coolant... thanks for that :)


I hope you're putting half distilled water and have coolant (100% concentrate)...

 

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Most of the crappy coolant you buy from Supercheap and the like is mostly water. :)
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Most of the crappy coolant you buy from Supercheap and the like is mostly water. :)


You sure are a wise one ;)

 

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jonathon
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including heater and that the whole system is empty 15L v8 and 16L 4L



are you 100% sure?

 

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Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 10:41 am 
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ill be buying the 100% concentrate stuff and it says that u can run 1/3 coolant to 2/3 water but i always run mine 50/50.

 

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