Hi all, I'm pretty new to maintenance and servicing my little SK17SR but i am most of the way way through a full service. The only spot i have come unstuck is changing the coolant. The service manual lists 2 difference fluid amounts in the lube chart and spec page. Forgive that lack of knowledge on gallons but its lists 2 lines as 1.8 liters and 3.7 liters. When i drained it i only got about 2.9 liters and another 0.4ish from the high/low bottle. This is what i have done: - Drain old coolant - Refill with water and cleaner - Run engine for 10mins - Flush out cleaner and refill with clean water until it runs clear - Re drain all water - Put in 33% mix of coolant and demineralized water. Filling from the radiator cap. Here's where i am stuck! I put in the same quantity as what i took out. Its much less than the book seems to say. Also, do i fill up the white bottle with the high/low marks? Or should it do this itself and then i top back up though the cap? I've run the engine and the level in the radiator does not drop, but the bottle is still empty. i really don't want to mess the engine up so I've left it for now while i seek advice.
You will need several hot/cool cycles for the level to stabilize. It only draws coolant out of the bottle as the engine cools (that is if the bottle is connected to the radiator neck directly under the radiator cap) Just keep the level slightly higher than the cold mark on burp bottle and soon it will be fine. As long as the radiator is full you will not hurt the engine. I had the hose from the oil cooler to the water pump open up on my Challenger last summer. Took about two weeks adding about a cup or so a day until it stayed at the cold mark. Lots of little air pockets to fill up.
Thanks Shimmy i'll put some of the left over mix i made into a bottle and carry it around on the machine and keep checking until it gets back to normal
How come you guys don't use 50/50 mix?