spark

Just checked mine and the pinky fluid that should be in there is lower than it should be,

What stuff do i need to buy for it?

Heres what i mean




Do Halfords sell this?

Billabong

Intercooler fluid? Take a pic of the top of the cap, probably power steering fluid...... what car?

spark

Its for an RS Focus

Its not powersteering as thats on the other side of the engine bay.

It has a picture of a book on the lid. I reckon its antifreeze and water but i wasnt 100%

twitchyrear

i thought intercoolers were air to air???

Billabong

I thought I recognised that blue pipe - my bad . I'd imagine it is water and antifreeze, but it should say exactly what in the owners manual.

spark

Cant find my manual lol

andyt

iTrader: (1)

me too and only chargecoolers have fluid

ballin

iTrader: (1)

yeah thats chargecooler - same as rad mate water+antifreeze.

id just top it up with antifreeze personally

Billabong

FRS has a similar setup to large tiurbo EsCos - air to air / chargecooled.

EsCos used it's own cooling system, whereas I *think* the FRS is on a seperate system, but still likely to be water/antifreeze mix - not my car though, so hopefully another FRS owner will confirm.

EDIT: I wouldn't personally use just antifreeze (unless it's some special formulation for this specific purpose) as antifreeze on it's own isn't a good idea for several reasons....

Micky

EDIT: I wouldn't personally use just antifreeze (unless it's some special formulation for this specific purpose) as antifreeze on it's own isn't a good idea for several reasons


What reasons???? Regards Micky

Billabong

Corrosion, plus the fact the most antifreeze needs to be mixed with water to allow lower freezing and higher boiling points.

DelboyTurbo

i thought coolant prevents corrosion......AFAIK the only reason not to use pure antifreeze is high concentrations can damage seals, and it has poor heat latency compared to water.

Billabong

Depends on the formulation of the antifreeze, but how many cars run 100% antifreeze.....

We're both saying the same thing on that one.

ballin

iTrader: (1)

i didnt say neat antifreeze throughout, but the small amount it needs topping up i would use neat

Billabong

Forgot about the topping up bit ,doh! Was talking more in general and slightly off topic .

Big Ad

Lol its a charge cooler and use normal coolant that goes in the header tank mate

spark

Cheers Ad

Got some sorted, noticed that the good old ford clip was allowing it to escape, will need to get it changed to a Jub clip sharp!

Big Ad

thats exactly why I think intercoolers are better, no fluid, just air.

See if you had carried on driving and didnt notice you could have done some damage

spark

Glad i check the car regular

ballin

iTrader: (1)

err not really. act's would rise yeah, but the FRS management is more than capable of dealing with that

Big Ad

Well it would only retard the timing to produce less power but long term it would