Coolant&thermo

Legend@wheels

Legend@wheels

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Hi im about to change the thermostat,is anyone did it already? I know how to but i just wanna know how much coolant liquid ill need to top up?(or all[emoji44] [emoji780] )
The thing is the car has red/orange and i got this (green)and as i know that green one is the genuine correct one
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I'd say to pull the bottom hose of the radiator to remove most of the green stuff. Hose in the themostat housing to wash the remaining out.

You should be able to use all the coolant you bought and probably even need to top up with a bit of water.
 
My question just was if its ok to switch from red to green (full drain)i got atm red otherwise why the correct one is green and from factory came red?[emoji15]
Second question was do ill need 5 ltrs or there is a chance that only like 500 ml will leak out.then ill add water instaed of full drain
Never done this before in this car so not sure how much will leak .(i assume only small leak not full drain)
 
Legend@wheels said:
My question just was if its ok to switch from red to green (full drain)i got atm red otherwise why the correct one is green and from factory came red?[emoji15]
Second question was do ill need 5 ltrs or there is a chance that only like 500 ml will leak out.then ill add water instaed of full drain
Never done this before in this car so not sure how much will leak .(i assume only small leak not full drain)
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If your draining it , then it doesnt matter whats in there now , you are replacing it with the new stuff.

If your doing the thermostat then do a full drain by removing the bottom hose completely.
 
And if i dont want to full drain how much do ill need? (The leftover in the pipe is 0.5 liter?) i got cambelt service soon so its kinda pointless to full drain
 
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Legend@wheels said:
And if i dont want to full drain how much do ill need? (The leftover in the pipe is 0.5 liter?) i got cambelt service soon so its kinda pointless to full drain
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I have no idea, i wouldnt be mixing them anyway, top it up with water if you really need to.

Can the thermostat not wait until the belts are done ?
 
No i wont mix green with red,i was about to add just some Distilled water
And i prefer not to wait .
car runing cold and it bothering me
 
the colour isn't the issue as these days green or red doesn't mean glycol or oat based anymore as you can get oat in green as well!

only way is empty flush and fill with new spec coolant..ie type d Renault stuff
 
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