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coolant loss

8x56mn Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 167 Watkins Glen NY

2011-06-03          178784

I lost my cooland after a hose came off while bushogging. I replaced coolant with water to get me home. Will water work as well?

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coolant loss

auerbach Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2168 West of Toronto   Pics

2011-06-03          178785

Antifreeze in the right proportion raises the boil point a bit, and contains additives that supposedly protect the components, but plain water will do the main job. Besides, you lost it only from the rad, so there'd still be some original coolant in the block.

Now would be a convenient time to run it with cleaner for a few hours. Then drain the rad, fill with water, and run. Repeat a few times. Then a final drain to put in the optimal proportion of antifreeze. ....

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