Soloby Rob
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chromiumuk
Well-Known Member
Would you like to borrow my donkey ears or have you got your own?????????????
Soloby Rob
Banned
:hysterically_laughi :hysterically_laughi
Optimus Prime
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main dealer charged £8.95 for a litre of anti freeze, the orange OAT stuff, last year
Darmain
Well-Known Member
Just so you can check what you have been charged for, in order to remove the IRD, drive shafts and gearbox, the IRD and gearbox oil will need to be drained. You will probably also have been charged for two oils, which will be correct as the IRD and gearbox use different grades.
Optimus Prime
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and what, pray newb, have I done to offend thee ?
I had nothing futher to offer than what had already been said, only the price of the coolant from a main dealer, which may or may not be relevant. Perhaps if you had reached for your owners manual instead of the reply in anger button, you could have looked up the coolant capacity of your engine, multiplied the figure given in litres by £8.95 and found whether the amount you were charged for coolant was in the right ball park.
however, you plough your own furrow and live your life as you see fit.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Your right to use the main dealer stuff. Far easier and less risk. Freelanders use the OAT stuff. That’s if you already have the main dealer stuff in your motor.
When mixing different anti freeze makes you stand a good chance of blocking your engine. You can’t mix most anti freeze, as they contain chemicals which react to chemicals in other anti freeze. The solution is to buy the same stuff, or thoroughly wash out the water system. If they don’t allow mixing, they’ll sludge up the coolant system.
Link from another forum where we’ve recently been talking about it.
Organic Acid Technology - SELOC TechWiki
When mixing different anti freeze makes you stand a good chance of blocking your engine. You can’t mix most anti freeze, as they contain chemicals which react to chemicals in other anti freeze. The solution is to buy the same stuff, or thoroughly wash out the water system. If they don’t allow mixing, they’ll sludge up the coolant system.
Link from another forum where we’ve recently been talking about it.
Organic Acid Technology - SELOC TechWiki
Soloby Rob
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chromiumuk
Well-Known Member
Methinks newbie is a little too lazy to look up his owners manual & to moan about £30 on a £600+ bill is hilarious. That's why you got partially ridiculed, & I say partially cause folks went easy on you this time.
Oh & if you aint happy about the extra £30 then why oh why didn't you question it before paying up. Your Garage would have explained & you wouldn't have come on here sobbing to us, then whining when we don't all go "there there".:amen:
Northern Irelander
Well-Known Member
Go easy on the newbie comrades 
Afterall, it's LR's fault for overcomplicating the drive system with the inter-cooler.
If the garage knew what they were at then, they would have re-used the coolant, assuming it's fit for purpose.
If they were really smart, then there is a way round draining the system
Afterall, it's LR's fault for overcomplicating the drive system with the inter-cooler.
If the garage knew what they were at then, they would have re-used the coolant, assuming it's fit for purpose.
If they were really smart, then there is a way round draining the system
ah, im getting this now, im coming across as a thicko newbie, but i am not.(please read in a nice tone), my original enquiry was questioning the use of coolant as was confused as to where the radiator came into the picture(cant spell akwayshun!!!). And the freelander haynes manual is as useful as our government-not useful at all, so ive cut out a 4"x4" square out of each page and use it for hiding my stash. Im confused as to what the orange oats thing is and ploughing my own furrows!! im not from norwich, im from fishy grimsby.But thanks again for all the information, and of course, for being gentle. CIAO
Organic acid technology.
