[Healeys] Antifreeze

Derek Job derek.c.job at gmail.com
Wed Jun 12 00:56:42 MDT 2013


Is this getting all a bit complicated?

Buy some unmixed ant-freeze and mix it with water, anywhere from 30% to 50%
antifreeze will do unless you plan on driving in minus 20 degree
temperatures. Pour it in the radiator until the level is about an inch
below the neck and run the engine. Top up a little if required

Derek


On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Richard Ewald <richard.ewald at gmail.com>wrote:

> Unless you are doing a fresh rebuild, you will need less than 2.5 gallons.
> You can never get all the coolant out.
> Personally I don't like Prestone, but it is probably fine.
> Here is an old professional technician's trick.  Take a fresh bottle of
> full strength antifreeze and an empty antifreeze bottle.  Make a mark on
> the bottle where the level of the antifreeze is, transfer that mark to the
> empty bottle.  Pour 1/2 into the empty bottle, and again mark both of those
> levels.  Fill both bottles with water to the upper mark.  You now have 2
> gallons of 50/50 mix for less than 2 bottles of 50/50 cost.  Fill your
> system and what ever is left over can be used to top up the system.
> when you run out, go buy another bottle of full strength, pour to the line
> and then fill with water to the second line.
> Rick
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Richard Kahn <tahoehealey at hotmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Sorry to bother the group with stuff that has been asked a dozen times
> but
> > I
> > got a brain fart. I did this two years ago. The books say 18 pints of
> > antifreeze with out heater. I have a BJ8 with heater. That comes out to
> > more
> > than 2 gallons of coolant.  How much coolant is needed with a heater? Are
> > there any preferences between Prestone premixed and  the type diluted
> > 50/50?
> > Thanks
> > Rich Kahn
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