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July 09, 2009, 01:30:14 PM »
Here is something you guys might not now. The "resevoir" is actually an overflow bottle.
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did mine yesterday. but did not turn heat on with car off. what is that do?
only put in galon of coolant. i guess its not all of it
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did mine yesterday. but did not turn heat on with car off. what is that do?
only put in galon of coolant. i guess its not all of it
I think the reason for turning the dial all the way to hot is to cause the thermostat to open up.
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ok so i guess i didnt do it right. should i redo it or it will be fine?
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Top off your coolant, let it run for awhile until the fans kick on. It may take awhile.
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so if i didnt had heat on, do i have to do flush again?
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You aren't suppose to have the heat on at all. Just top it off, let it run until the cooling fans engages. After that, you should be fine.
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Dont stress it Misha. I really don't know why you gotta turn the knob to hot, but if it says to do it in the manual, there must be a reason why. Not that big of a deal if you didnt though. Doing it all over is just a waste of perfectly good fluid you just put in already so do what Thien said and check ya fluid level.
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where would you be able to take the old fluid to for recycling? I asked my local auto parts store if they take it and they said no.
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We have a station at our local landfill that takes any hazardous liquids.
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where would you be able to take the old fluid to for recycling? I asked my local auto parts store if they take it and they said no.
Auto Zone does.
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I thought any place that sells it is legally required to take it back. I saw that on motor week.
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I guess he has money to burn. I'd rather waste my money on parts that actually make my car faster, hookers, and drugs. Fucking amateurs. :
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I thought any place that sells it is legally required to take it back. I saw that on motor week.
I wish but Advance Auto down the street from me is the place that said they won't take back my old anti-freeze. They didn't tell me why though. Would the DEP or Department of Trans. be able to give me this info.
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where would you be able to take the old fluid to for recycling? I asked my local auto parts store if they take it and they said no.
Auto Zone does.
closest Auto Zone is like 45 min. away from meor I'll wait till I go to NY. Is it all Auto Zones or only the ones who participates in that service like a franchise. I'll explain further if you don't understand what I mean by Franchise.
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Walmart takes it back. I either take my stuff there or advance auto parts. If you have a Wal-Mart, there will be a blue or black box behind the store in the parking lot. Just leave the jugs there.
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Quote from: timot_one on November 17, 2010, 05:48:35 PM
I guess he has money to burn. I'd rather waste my money on parts that actually make my car faster, hookers, and drugs. Fucking amateurs. :
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wow, my area sucks. Advanced auto doesn't and the closest Auto Zone is like 45 Min. away. I'll try Walmart then but I doubt that they will take the anti-freeze either.
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