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jibong
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 Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:42 pm Post subject: coolant capacity |
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gud day guys! previously i asked about our engine oil capacity,..
now i am planning to drain and replace my engine cooling system, anyone did DIY before? and how many liters of water do i have to prepare? i am planning to put 1 gal. of coolant and the rest distilled water. any suggestions?
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X2
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| Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:14 am Post subject: Re: coolant capacity |
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| jibong wrote: | gud day guys! previously i asked about our engine oil capacity,..
now i am planning to drain and replace my engine cooling system, anyone did DIY before? and how many liters of water do i have to prepare? i am planning to put 1 gal. of coolant and the rest distilled water. any suggestions? |
Based on my experience, i used up about 6 liters of distilled water plus 1 liter of coolant. Although using a bigger ratio for the coolant would lessen the increase in your temperature, I'm not so sure that would be a good thing to do. |
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wolfpak
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| Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:53 am Post subject: |
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use water wetter  |
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jibong
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| Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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thanks X2, and about water wetter as mentioned by wolfpack, i read some thread regarding this issue and it seems useful to try, but i'm still having difficulty locating a shop selling that stuff here in qatar.
follow up question... i read in our service manual that our cooling system is quite sensitive and putting non recommended coolant is a gamble and might damage the sensor inside. beside the nissan supplied coolant is it ok to use commercial brand coolants?
big thanks...
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| jibong wrote: | thanks X2, and about water wetter as mentioned by wolfpack, i read some thread regarding this issue and it seems useful to try, but i'm still having difficulty locating a shop selling that stuff here in qatar.
follow up question... i read in our service manual that our cooling system is quite sensitive and putting non recommended coolant is a gamble and might damage the sensor inside. beside the nissan supplied coolant is it ok to use commercial brand coolants?
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first thing is you have to check is the recommended coolant. What are the contents of it. AFIK the main ingredient is ethelyn glycol. I've been using commercial coolant for a long time on my 91 sentra. I've been using it also on my xty. So far, the only difference with then and now is the distilled water. |
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ILD - X14
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AFAIK raiken sells water wetter. Their shop is located along masangkay st. in between recto and soler.
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jibong
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| Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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thanks again guys.
about the WATER WETTER thanks for the direction X14, but as I mentioned before, me and my x trail are here in the middle east right now. 
thanks again guys, have to prepare everything for my new DIY.
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ILD - X14
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opps sorry, didn't notice your location
anyway there's always ebay 
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