steveo
Well-Known Member
1. buy some new antifreeze (ethylene glycol) - should be green. If you have a plastic cap on the rad or thermostat housing, buy a metal one.
2. Get a large bucket and place it under the bottom rad hose. Set heater control to hot.
3. take the expansion cap off and pull off the bottom rad hose.
4. Move your feet. Maybe this should be number 2.5.....
5. wait.
6. undo the caps on the rad and thermostat housing.
7. Once all the coolant has drained out, put fresh water in the top hole of your choice and wait for it to run clear. Move your feet.
8. Put the bottom hose back on.
9. Fill the rad, then put the brass cap back in
10. Slooooowly fill the thermo housing. Keep squeezing the pipes to get bubbles out. Watch the expansion bottle level as this will refill also.
11. thermo housing brass cap back in, check expansion bottle level, and run up to temp, checking levels and leaks
2. Get a large bucket and place it under the bottom rad hose. Set heater control to hot.
3. take the expansion cap off and pull off the bottom rad hose.
4. Move your feet. Maybe this should be number 2.5.....
5. wait.
6. undo the caps on the rad and thermostat housing.
7. Once all the coolant has drained out, put fresh water in the top hole of your choice and wait for it to run clear. Move your feet.
8. Put the bottom hose back on.
9. Fill the rad, then put the brass cap back in
10. Slooooowly fill the thermo housing. Keep squeezing the pipes to get bubbles out. Watch the expansion bottle level as this will refill also.
11. thermo housing brass cap back in, check expansion bottle level, and run up to temp, checking levels and leaks
Turboman
Mab An Gov
You only really need to drain the block completely for head removal and similar. But it does no harm to do it for coolant changes, and isn't difficult.
Turboman
Mab An Gov
LR dealer will charge like a rhinoceros!
Just get regular blue antifreeze from a motor factor, like Mill.
Turboman
Mab An Gov
You should really catch it and dispose of it, but the main thing is not to leave pools of it on the ground. It is very toxic, and attractive to pets and wildlife due to it's sweet taste.
steveo
Well-Known Member
yeah, that....
I refer you back to my point about moving your feet - the coolant goes everywhere but the container!All garage workshops have a coolant disposal method thats legal - you're only going to have a few pints caught so I imagine if you were buying parts there, they may take your old coolant.
I use Citroen coolant - helps that I work at a Citroen garage
Is this the correct antifreeze guys
https://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/...reenwash/blue-antifreeze/?523770471&0&cc5_865
https://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/...reenwash/blue-antifreeze/?523770471&0&cc5_865
steveo
Well-Known Member
ethylene glycol based is what landrover say. that link doesn't say. Buy premixed - you don't want to add tap water to it...
Small tip to avoid making a huge mess and worse still, pouring poisonous glycol onto the ground. Buy a 2 metre length of 10mm internal diameter hose, ideally transparent. Use it to siphon off the coolant in the header tank into a suitable container. remove bottom hose from header tank and lift it up as high as you can to avoid spillage. Insert the 10mm hose into the bottom hose end removed the header tank and shove it down as far as you can. Siphon that off into a bucket. keep a glass of water close to you just in case some coolant finds its way into your mouth (remember, it's poisonous. rinse your mouth out). When the siphoning stops, you may remove the 10mm hose from the bottom hose, place the container under the vehicle and aim the bottom hose into the container. The hose will now be lower than the rad and you'll effectively empty the rad with no mess, no fuss and no harm to the environment.
