I am going to drain the water from my car and put new coolant in, just wondering how many litres of coolant it should take approximately to fill my car's cooling system ?

The car is a mk2 2006 ford focus sport 1.8 TDCI if this helps ?

thanks

 

You will never learn
You refuse to listen to any advice given...



From memory if you completely drain it all out you should be able to squeeze in 25 1/2 litres

 

Ah hah hah

 

Just add 50/50 mix of water and red/pink antifreeze untill expansion bottle is full and then run it up and when the level drops top it up to the max mark and then once car has cooled down re check the level

 

Coolant? Thats a bit old school. Fill it with a 50/50 mix of sand and sawdust - this creates less friction at the waterpump and allows for a few free bhp

 

oh bugger off ! I've had enough of your snide remarks

 

the same amount that comes out goes back in.
have you considered buying a Haynes manual for your car?

 

#logic

 

and how exactly do I know how many litres come out when I drain my car ? (btw I currently use tap water and when I undo radiator plug it will just spill onto the ground.

I have a manual for the car

 

and how exactly do I know how many litres come out when I drain my car ? (btw I currently use tap water and when I undo radiator plug it will just spill onto the ground.

I have a manual for the car

 

I think it should be 'How many litres are required'.

 

how many litres then ?

oh, and where is this ford car show ? I'm interested in attending and I may even meet a useful mechanic who can help me !

 

by draining it into a bucket. For fuck sake come on, this isn't difficult to logically figure out is it

 

I'm also pretty confident that it's illegal to tip antifreeze down the drain.
Garages have to pay to dispose of it

 

catch the water in a bucket and mark the level with a permenant marker. if useing a black bucket its best not to use a black marker

 

You could try drinking it all and then pissing into a measuring jug

 

which ford car show are you on about

 

if you only been useing tap water and its been below freezing up north i wouldnt bother

 

I told you it is only tap water , if it was anti freeze I'd obviously be catching it in a bucket

 

why would I want to drain tap water in a bucket, I told you it is tap water and It'll just pour onto the ground when I undo the radiator thing.

 

If you've had no anti freeze in over winter there's your problem... to late now... it'll be fu!ked

 

A thermos flask should be enough...

 

if you have a manual why are you asking all these stupid questions? open it...read it.

 

so you can measure how much came out since your not smart enough to read the quantities in the manual that you have.

 

why don't you just log back into the Focus Owners Club and check the replies as you asked all these questions on there last year.

 

Would love to meet this numpty
I'm sure he's doing this for shits and giggles

 

He probably drives a corsa. Sounds like a corsa driving chugger.

 

A 3 cylinder one too

 

You know.... that great Ford show they have every year in Reykjavik the one everyone who's anyone on the Ford scene goes to.

 

Is that the one rod tarry goes to

 

And this is the sort of stuff he puts on YouTube.

 

How may litres required to fill that bath? Is it just tap water?

 

Just piss in the header tank, its designed to be the same amount as a full piss

 

That's disturbing,glad he's not pm'ing me.
I am a bit jealous of his smooth heels,obviously doesn't wear work boots 11 hours a day like me.

 

who on earth would fill a bath that full, past the overflow!

 

Weird animal

 

He probably uses micro pedi I bet he looks good in sling backs

 

SO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH HAS COME OUT

 

Me but then again if I fill it up to normal level it looks like I'm sitting in a puddle

To be fair a bigger bath is probably what I need but I'll regularly overfil it just so I get the feeling of having a bath like normal people

 

Yeah, i'd second this method If you strain it through a sive you may find a touch of shit particles too.. I also favour a bag of sawdust in with the antifreeze..


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