I'm going to flush the coolant out this weekend as it looks like it has just been filled with plain water, a kind of dirty colour but neither green or blue like i've seen in my other cars.
I have a bottle of pink anti-freeze that I was donated. Will this do the job or should I buy something specific?
Going to flush the coolant, advice needed.
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Re: Going to flush the coolant, advice needed.
You should check that the antifreeze is suitable for ''older'' vehicles, there was a change in specification of antifreeze/system requirements in general aboyt a decade and a bit ago
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Re: Going to flush the coolant, advice needed.
Some of the new stuff isn't compatible with older radiators especially I think.
To be on the safe side I'd just go and buy old fashioned ethylene glycol (the use stuff) which I think was all that was available when the 480 was designed.
To be on the safe side I'd just go and buy old fashioned ethylene glycol (the use stuff) which I think was all that was available when the 480 was designed.
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2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)
Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)
Re: Going to flush the coolant, advice needed.
Comma recomend G48, which new Volvo's & BMW's both use now. This is Ethylene Glycol based, and is far superior than the older stuff.
You can pick it up at Halfords in either 2 or 5 lts, I don't think GSF stock it yet??
You can pick it up at Halfords in either 2 or 5 lts, I don't think GSF stock it yet??