Reply With QuoteI add about a quart every month or month and a half.
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Normal frequency of top-off for cooling system
How often do you guys top-off the cooling system with water. I add about 1 quart of water every 2-4 weeks.
Thanks
Jim
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I add about a quart every month or month and a half.
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Before my waterpump went I'd top up every 10000km. Now it's holding.
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I don't !!!!
Level remains nice and steady......
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+1 since I changed out all of the coolant hoses...Originally Posted by philbyil
Level remains nice and steady......
By the way there was a recall on the resevoir cap of some e34's due to it leaking or something - still stands so if you take it to the dealer they can check if yours needed it and whether it has been changed. If not its a new one for free. Worth a check.
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leaky heater core, leaky expansion tank ~1qt / month
now my radiator is seeping at the seams. So I'll fix the expansion leak in a few days, pop on new hoses but the heater core will have to wait until next year when the weather warms up.
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Been looking at the hoses and it appears there has been some weeping of coolant at some time (currently?) where they clamp to the various spots.
Were hoses 1 and 8 difficult? They both pass under the intake manfold. There is a clamp (16) that looks like a pain.
Also loos like some weeping past the thermostat housing and gasket. That looks preety straight forword.
TIA
Jim
And I will check out the expansion tank cap.
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about a quart a month. I have a leak somewhere but too lazy to look for now
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Actually, it was for pretty much every car produced during the era. I've always been told that its sole purpose was to mine data on owners -- nothing particularly wrong with the original caps.
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Never needs top up since I replaced heater valves, aux water pump, radiator and most heater hoses. Also good quality new hose clamps of course
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