Hi, bought a 2litre of anti-freeze, how much of it should i put in my RS turbo?

 

hi dave
the best way is usually a 50/50 fuel AF mix. then she'll really fly

 

 

FUNNY!!!

 

if yer fillin the tank yer obviously gonna need a few more litres of AF...

 

I dont want to put it in my tank as it leaks when i start it up jusnow (might aswell play along lol)

SOOOOO

I'll put it in my COOLING system instead eh eh, so how much should go in their, thanks for the input chop i'll bear that in mind if i ever get it to crail

 

it depends how cold it get oooop north, as obviously daaaaan saaaaf the mix is a little weaker

Mind, you, its not like the cars goin anywhere is it dear boy

50/50 mix of AF/Water should be ok i would have thought

 

Tbh mate i never use water in any of my cars,just fill em up with neat coolant(it has water in it anyway)stops the cooling system rusting up and keeps em mega cool.......................Not had any probs in 20 years....

 

Doesnt coolant have a higher boiling temp or summit and you NEED water in it to help it cool down?

Tillio it does move now and then, jus not THAT often

 

More than mine, more than mine

(unless you account for me pushing it )

 

As coolant has much better heat transfer properties wtf would you want water for........it boils earlier and doesnt get rid of heat as good as coolant !!!!........so your motor will run a little bit cooler if ya got more coolant in.....
Actually there aint that much difference but coolant also has rust preventer in int so thats gotta be good for ya engine....

 

fook knows, so how much shall i put in then, no im not putting ALL AF in as it doesnt sound right lol

 

Stick at least 50% in mate that should be dead safe............

 

50% will give you protection to about -36 i think.............

 

it sais in the book 45% and its 7.8 litres so 3.6 litres should suffice cheeRS

 

I think all teh coolant/ A/f does is lower the freezing point of water to below 0'c so taht the water doesn't freeze inside the block and crack it

 

or pop a core plug, thats it chipper need to go get another litre of the shit, should i do it today or put it off till tommoz when i can be assed

 

i know alot of ppl that run it neat and say its cooler...

 

neat being full anti freeze?

 

i have known people to run with neat ( just anit freeze) with no probs but most put a mix in, book say 40% mix, but i alway put 50% in my fiesta rs and it runs in the middle of the temp gauge near on all year round unless its real hot weather then it creeps up abit if in traffic.
if your book says 7.8L total coolnt, then stick 3.9L anitfreeze in, cant go wrong.
if your not sure if's its strong enough ( which it would at 50%) get a anitfreeze tester.

 

i'll get another 2 litres prob an stick most of it in, cheeRS all

 

yeah wont hurt mate, better safe than sorry! cheaper to buy more anitfreeze than a new engine!

 

yea i meant neat as it in 100% antifreeze m8...
hope this helps..

 

cool thanks, mate