Kat
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- 2003
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I noticed a little dirt looking sediment in my empty-looking coolant reservoir while I was topping up windshield fluid reservoir. So when I took it to get an oil change I asked if they could do a radiator flush too. I know it must have been low for the overfill reservoir to be empty but I hadn't noticed any overheating of any kind.
When I picked it up, the mechanic said it still needed about a half gallon of coolant since he wasn't able to get to Napa yet (small town, he doesn't keep everything on hand) so I just went ahead to get it myself and top it up. What he didn't tell me was that he was basing that amount off of what he drained out, not the actual capacity (which is 13.2 quarts). Anyway I'm finally able to get the answer that he only put one gallon in after only draining out about 7 quarts and not flushing at all. I've been slowly putting a second gallon while running the engine and heat so that the air bleeds out.
The air is coming out very slowly now, between dribbling barely more in and keeping an eye on the now-normal running temp (after it overheated just bringing it home) was taking a really long time so I just turned it off and put the cap back on.
Is there a gallon more of either coolant, or at this point trapped air in the system? Again, he said he drained out about 7 quarts and put in one gallon. After I picked it up, I've put a second gallon in.
And yes I should have done it all myself- the oil change, the coolant flush, etc but I didn't, and won't make the mistake again, so we can definitely save the time on that part of the discussion!
Oh god is my truck toast. plz help
When I picked it up, the mechanic said it still needed about a half gallon of coolant since he wasn't able to get to Napa yet (small town, he doesn't keep everything on hand) so I just went ahead to get it myself and top it up. What he didn't tell me was that he was basing that amount off of what he drained out, not the actual capacity (which is 13.2 quarts). Anyway I'm finally able to get the answer that he only put one gallon in after only draining out about 7 quarts and not flushing at all. I've been slowly putting a second gallon while running the engine and heat so that the air bleeds out.
The air is coming out very slowly now, between dribbling barely more in and keeping an eye on the now-normal running temp (after it overheated just bringing it home) was taking a really long time so I just turned it off and put the cap back on.
Is there a gallon more of either coolant, or at this point trapped air in the system? Again, he said he drained out about 7 quarts and put in one gallon. After I picked it up, I've put a second gallon in.
And yes I should have done it all myself- the oil change, the coolant flush, etc but I didn't, and won't make the mistake again, so we can definitely save the time on that part of the discussion!
Oh god is my truck toast. plz help