Thread: Major coolant help need quick answer

What was in there first? Dexacool, or the regular green,

its 50% coolant and 50% water.

Which is what it should be for most climates.

Well we got the 50 50 and put it in, its like a light yellowish greenish color and just put some in the reservoir is it ok? we kinda dont want to waste time mixing it, just pour it and thats it and done and yes it was flush and the guy put a gold one in there which i think is for fords lol

If he flushed you should be ok

Well i keep that in mind next time, thanks. So the 50/50 i just used is ok right?

Originally Posted by BlackGT97

i don't get why people by 50/50. Buy 100% and you get 2 gallons of coolant instead of 1.

I know basically the company figured out how to charge a high price for water

Originally Posted by Logan541

If he flushed you should be ok

Ya he did do a flush so ya pretty much put in a hose and pumped out the crap and put in new good one and then i just topped it off with 50 50, Ill remember to buy the whole next time then and what just mix it with water buy however much i put in?

I usually keep an empty coolant bottle around. Then when I get a new gallon, I pour half in the empty and keep half in the new one. Then fill them both w/ water and wallah! 2 gallons of 50/50.

ill keep that in mind.

One last ? i think, are reservoir went empty like 3 times when we checked it and nothing happened, so we filled it up and then it stay where its at like right on that line. Then i found out it all does go into the engine and will show the reservoir being empty, but now it shows it being at the line so is it ok? Like it wont add pressure to anything or break anything for having a little bit more in there. its at the line but i know it should go up when cooling.

The resivoir can be filled past the line to a point and no worries. I did this when I had a coolant elbow leaking and couldn't get to it right away. No, it won't add pressure to the system. The rad cap is what holds the pressure in the system. If it gets too hot the cap will open and allow the coolant to flow out of the rad. and into the resivoir.

Ya we just got the coolant elbows fixed and hopefully everything is good now. Thanks for your guys help my GP is now well again

Good to hear. Wanna come out and fix mine since you're a pro at it now, lol...

Would love to i charge 700$ an hour, and i will take my time lol JK. A mechanic had done most of the work BTW.

Luckily I do all my own work, normally. Hernia surgery a few weeks back has all my repairs on hold unfortunately. Can't really bend over the fender long enough to change them out properly. Hope to god they hold a little longer, lol.. My spare car is still in the garage with her butt in the air and fuel tank on the ground. Hopefully no one has seen Murphy around.

lol, i wish we can work on our car. We need a whole lift and money so we could work on our car, we could do so many things with the car lifted. Good luck with you car bro.