Coolant change & burping

[rauder775]

Ok, finally changed my coolant today but must admit finding info. About it was less than straight forward. I hope admin consider making this a "sticky" as it covers both the procedure as well as burping. I found the following link which was helpful.


http://reischeperformance.com/refill.html


Even the dealership gave me conflicting information. Right now I have 6 qts of motor craft gold in mine to bring it to -12 degrees but was surprised I could only get about 2 qts of distilled water in it...even with draining both radiator and opening lower radiator hose. Sound about right?

[tbone]

I taped a funnel to the crossover, filled it up, ran it for 20 minutes, done. I really don't know what all the fuss is about. Or maybe I'm just that good.;)

[slickster]

So basically if you can ad almost 2gal of fluid ur good

[fastblackmerc]

Already a sticky....

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=98532

[fastblackmerc]

I find that with the rear cooling mod (an original DR) I get less air in the system when either changing thermostat or any time i open up the cooling system.

[fastblackmerc]

Ok, finally changed my coolant today but must admit finding info. About it was less than straight forward. I hope admin consider making this a "sticky" as it covers both the procedure as well as burping. I found the following link which was helpful.


http://reischeperformance.com/refill.html


Even the dealership gave me conflicting information. Right now I have 6 qts of motor craft gold in mine to bring it to -12 degrees but was surprised I could only get about 2 qts of distilled water in it...even with draining both radiator and opening lower radiator hose. Sound about right?

If you read the Reisch Performance info they recommend just enough anti-freeze to keep the coolant from freezing. No more.