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what would happen if i forgot to mix my coolant b4 i put it in

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Old 06-12-2006, 07:28 AM
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what would happen if i forgot to mix my coolant b4 i put it in
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Default possibly bad things, max coolant is 50%

how much did you add? what's the overal mix right now?
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Default i put in the coolant then remembered that its not pre-mixed

so then i added water but what im saying is that it was already in the lines and now my car seems to idle kinda hard?
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Default but how much are we talking? the coolant system capacity is 7 liters

when completely empty. a full jug from the dealer is 4 liters.
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Default damn not enough that might be why my car is spazzing out

i only put one bottle of pentosin G001200 and half a gallon of water
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is the lower side of your car still black
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Default your car will run hotter if you have to much of the coolant and not enough water

but if there the same then after a couple drives it should all mix together regardless if you added them premixed or not. Car wont run any different except for the temp thing.
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one bottle = 1 gal? if so, you need to drain some coolant and add more water to get closer to 40-60
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Default Get a mini-hygrometer.Wal*Mart has 'em, $2. Float 4/5 density ***** & you're good.Watch out for-

micro-bubbles that stick to the coloured *****. You might have to tap it to get those air bubbles off...like a doctor does before giving an injection. 4 ***** is about -25f, forget 50/50%, the hygrometer is more accurate and desireable measurement.
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