Help!!!
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1991 300E
Help!!!
I drive a 1991 300E, and today i decided to flush the radiator because it has been a couple years.
So I crawl under the car and find the drain plug mentioned in the service cd's, and drain all the old stuff out.
I then use prestone radiator flush to clean out the system, and drained that out.
But when the time came to fill up the resevoir, the system only took 6 quarts. The service cd's and the owner's bible both say it takes 10, yet mine only took 6. I even ran then engine till it was above 80 degrees and ran the heater as well.
Is there something I'm forgetting? Or is there another place I have to drain the coolant from?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
-E
So I crawl under the car and find the drain plug mentioned in the service cd's, and drain all the old stuff out.
I then use prestone radiator flush to clean out the system, and drained that out.
But when the time came to fill up the resevoir, the system only took 6 quarts. The service cd's and the owner's bible both say it takes 10, yet mine only took 6. I even ran then engine till it was above 80 degrees and ran the heater as well.
Is there something I'm forgetting? Or is there another place I have to drain the coolant from?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
-E
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Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Austin, Texas
1991 300E
And I forgot to mention the main problem:
When refilling the coolant, assuming the system would take 10 quarts, I went ahead and added a gallon of distilled water first. Not untill i began adding the coolant did i end up filling up the resevoir after only 2 additional quarts.
I have no idea what to do, any help would be appreciated. Thanks
-E
When refilling the coolant, assuming the system would take 10 quarts, I went ahead and added a gallon of distilled water first. Not untill i began adding the coolant did i end up filling up the resevoir after only 2 additional quarts.
I have no idea what to do, any help would be appreciated. Thanks
-E
