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Old 10-03-2011, 07:37 PM
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Hey guys i wanna change the coolant in my cobra and want to know what everybody puts in theres and is there anything i got to watch out for thanks
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Old 10-03-2011, 07:58 PM
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....I just put a 50/50 mix of Prestone (All Makes), some use Motorcraft...Fill through the cross over tube-the high point!!! ...If you fill through the radiator overflow tank, you will have a air pocket and overheat!
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Old 10-03-2011, 10:21 PM
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I just did that about a month ago and i hated it because i completely flushed it. I emptied is out of the system and and block. Just look up stepes from the sites. It helped me out alot.
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from experience dont flush it...i have seen many times after a flush it moves around alot of junk in your radiotor and ends up clogging it or your thermostat...so i would just drain and refill
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Originally Posted by Timspony
If you fill through the radiator overflow tank, you will have a air pocket and overheat!
isn't it relatively easy to bleed out the air from the system? haven't done the coolant drain/fill yet on mine but can't you park at an incline with the cap open and let it warm up?
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Originally Posted by Cobra Kai Dojo
isn't it relatively easy to bleed out the air from the system? haven't done the coolant drain/fill yet on mine but can't you park at an incline with the cap open and let it warm up?
Go for it! ....But trust me, much simpler to re-fill through the cross-over tube! ..Then you won't have any worries!

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