Wheelman

i just flushed the cooling system and cant seem to find this info in the crappy chiltons.....i am switching to the orange coolant.....how much do i use? also what is the ratio of coolant to water....50/50?

thanks

scorp508

Careful on switching over. You may want to get a full flush done first. I'm not sure if the rads are different or not either from when the general started using the orange coolant. I use 50/50 in my car and one bottle of water wetter.

jfb

50/50 and make sure you use distilled water, NOT tap water.

Wheelman

hmm i didnt know it would matter if i switched over....i bought the kit from oreillys that pumps the water hose through your whole system until it comes out clean and thought this was a full flush....should i go back and exchange the coolant and buy the old kind instead???


[Modified by C4Fetish, 9:55 AM 4/25/2002]

NUckINg FuTS

Yes, stick with the green! ;)

PeteL

Capacity is 14 quarts or 3.5 gallons. So since you have a block full of water now, add 7 quarts (1.75 gals) to make 50/50.

I keep green in the 89, I find no benefit to going orange / pink.

Pete

vet85

ok im going to stick my 2cents worth in DONT chande over to the red or any other color .i have a radiator shop and have tons more trouble with orange systems. ive seen them stop up with as few as 34k miles on them ,so bad that i couldnt rod them out .ive even tried day after day ,and finally trashed them .ive even given the rod out tool to the customer and let them try .alot of our type business is repeat .and i wont my cust to see the problem .my wife 96 jimmy stopped up so bad i couldnt get it out .so it now has green not orange .i personally think gm overates that 100k mile stuff......and that fellows is my 2cents worth.

POLO94C4

go w/ 50/50 and stay w/ the green. :chevy

quiksilver458

Im running about a 60/40 mixture.. i read in my manual that i can use 75/25 im my 84 in hot temperature.. well, florida is hot.. so 60/40 heh.. an stay with the green.. :)

Wheelman

autozone told me that i needed to use the orange stuff since i had an aluminum water pump so i used it and now my coolant temp is skyrocketing. Did i mix the coolant wrong? Whats the proper procedure for flushing and refilling so you actually get a 50/50 mix?


[Modified by C4Fetish, 9:54 AM 4/25/2002]

scorp508

Exactly why your problem arose. ;) Just use them for parts, not advice.