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I've just spent the last hour selectively reading the 20 pages of posts on coolant change.
The reason being because I've just changed the coolant after a flush and suddenly the engine reaches running temperature in less than two miles.
I ran two bottles of Bardahl coolant system flush through the system and ran it for longer than the 15 minutes the instructions advise. After the probably 25 mins I took it out for a mile and a half drive. God it's hot with the heater on in this weather!
Anyway, when it came to empty it, the bottom hose was still cool even though I'd put a few miles on it already getting to the workshop before removing a litre of coolant and putting the flush in.
Sod it I thought.
So I undid the top hose, bottom hose, bulkhead hoses and got the system empty. It takes bloody ages! That'll be because I didn't remove the thermostat...
No crunchy hoses, no cloudy coolant, the two owners before me loved this truck and it shows.
Last coolant change was two years ago.
I ran fresh water through everywhere. About 50 litres I reckon.
Then I let it drain. Seriously, it took over an hour to stop slowly running out. Presumably because the 'stat was still in there.
When it had finished draining, I flushed everything through again with distilled water. Good job it's a Sunday and the wife hates me already for working 7 days a week! It took bloody ages again!
Put the top and bottom hoses back on and put 5 litres of concentrated Toyota red coolant in and topped up with distilled water until it started running out of the heater hoses. Reconnected the heater hoses, topped up, turned the truck around (it was facing downhill for the drain) and topped the rad up.
Then took it out for a very short drive to a mate's house because he had blown his house electrics while replacing an oven door catch. He's like that, don't let him loose on anything that requires hands...
What surprised me, other than how easy it is to break a hotpoint oven, is that the truck reaches temperature in about a mile. I even pulled over thinking I'd totally ducked something up but currently, everything seems fine.
I'm not saying that I haven't ducked it up, (watch this space), I'm just saying that changing the coolant needn't be such a daunting thing for Surf owners to do, as it seems to be reading the threads. Methodical working with concentration should work for anyone, especially after reading Tony N's thread on servicing.
So, if you want to change the coolant on what seems to be an engine very sensitive to sudden temperature fluctuations, read Tony N's post on servicing and go for it.
When you pass me broken down with an overheating engine, flick the v's at me please guys!
Ps please don't think I'm not shitting myself!
The reason being because I've just changed the coolant after a flush and suddenly the engine reaches running temperature in less than two miles.
I ran two bottles of Bardahl coolant system flush through the system and ran it for longer than the 15 minutes the instructions advise. After the probably 25 mins I took it out for a mile and a half drive. God it's hot with the heater on in this weather!
Anyway, when it came to empty it, the bottom hose was still cool even though I'd put a few miles on it already getting to the workshop before removing a litre of coolant and putting the flush in.
Sod it I thought.
So I undid the top hose, bottom hose, bulkhead hoses and got the system empty. It takes bloody ages! That'll be because I didn't remove the thermostat...
No crunchy hoses, no cloudy coolant, the two owners before me loved this truck and it shows.
Last coolant change was two years ago.
I ran fresh water through everywhere. About 50 litres I reckon.
Then I let it drain. Seriously, it took over an hour to stop slowly running out. Presumably because the 'stat was still in there.
When it had finished draining, I flushed everything through again with distilled water. Good job it's a Sunday and the wife hates me already for working 7 days a week! It took bloody ages again!
Put the top and bottom hoses back on and put 5 litres of concentrated Toyota red coolant in and topped up with distilled water until it started running out of the heater hoses. Reconnected the heater hoses, topped up, turned the truck around (it was facing downhill for the drain) and topped the rad up.
Then took it out for a very short drive to a mate's house because he had blown his house electrics while replacing an oven door catch. He's like that, don't let him loose on anything that requires hands...
What surprised me, other than how easy it is to break a hotpoint oven, is that the truck reaches temperature in about a mile. I even pulled over thinking I'd totally ducked something up but currently, everything seems fine.
I'm not saying that I haven't ducked it up, (watch this space), I'm just saying that changing the coolant needn't be such a daunting thing for Surf owners to do, as it seems to be reading the threads. Methodical working with concentration should work for anyone, especially after reading Tony N's thread on servicing.
So, if you want to change the coolant on what seems to be an engine very sensitive to sudden temperature fluctuations, read Tony N's post on servicing and go for it.
When you pass me broken down with an overheating engine, flick the v's at me please guys!
Ps please don't think I'm not shitting myself!
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