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Sean Yost
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Tasmania
TT

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 Monday, December 11, 2006 - 03:06 pm, by:  Sean Yost (Crazystitch) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I just bought my soarer and want to do a basic service on it, does anyone have the total volume for the cooling system/radiator... so i can mix up the right amounts of coolant:water ?
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Mark Paddick
Goo Roo
ACT
UZZ31 V8 Soarer, green one, JZZ30 TT Soarer, UZZ32 Soarer, UZZ32 Soarer, UZZ31 Soarer, UZZ31 Soarer next, White one.

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 Monday, December 11, 2006 - 03:28 pm, by:  Mark Paddick (Sparks) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
The four litre pack of red stuff from Toyota dealers is enough.
Same price as the wrong stuff too.
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8

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 Monday, December 11, 2006 - 03:33 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Get the concentrate, toss it in, then top up with distilled/demineralised water.
Sean Yost
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Tasmania
TT

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 Monday, December 11, 2006 - 06:08 pm, by:  Sean Yost (Crazystitch) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Thanks for info
Freeman Tang
TryHard
Vic
JZZ30 GT-TL

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 Monday, December 11, 2006 - 10:41 pm, by:  Freeman Tang (Cobra_man) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
about 6L in total
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8

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 Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 09:41 am, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
The US manual quotes coolant capacity as:
V8 (SC400) 10.8 litres.
SC300 Auto - 8.4 litres.
SC300 Manual - 8.5 litres.

I doubt the TT would be much less than that if at all, possibly somewhere in between.

However most people don't get the coolant fully drained, so while it might only take 6 litres, there would still be a couple of litres of old stuff lying in the bottom of the block.

This highlights the importance of flushing it really well, then allowing for the water still in the block when adding new coolant. It is also why I suggest to use the concentrate, not the premix.

Even in the best case above, if the capacity is 8.4 litres and it only takes 6 litres to fill it up, there is 2.4 litres of water already there which will dilute premix further to less than 2/3 of it's original strength.

However if you put in 4.2 litres of concentrate for the TT (5.4 for the V8) then top it up with demineralised water, the total dilution will be 50% which is the recommended strength.
Daniel Czechowski
Goo Roo
Western Australia
Soarer GT-T

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 Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 11:35 am, by:  Daniel Czechowski (Dan) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Where do you get the red coolant from, Toyota dealers only? I will have to flush mine once the turbos are back in...
Sean Yost
Tinkerer
Tasmania
TT

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 Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 07:29 pm, by:  Sean Yost (Crazystitch) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
thanks heaps peter! i did as you said and found it took about 3litres of coolant and only another half to three quarters litre of demineralised water taking into account the remaining water in the bottom. it sucks cause it still didn't fix the problem with overheating...the reason for the flush but at least i know now.
Shane Bradley
Tinkerer
WA
Supra JZA70 LTD

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 Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 12:30 am, by:  Shane Bradley (Endless) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Daniel most auto shops carry it in stock, got a bottle from Auto One the other day. :-)
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8

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 Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 12:52 am, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Sean, the radiators are huge and should cool the engine comfortably with anything that is wet.

The reason for proper coolant is to protect the engine against rust, lubricate the water pump, not attack the seals etc.

If things were so marginal that a change of fluid helped, then there would still be a problem waiting to happen - just delayed by a little bit.
Sean Yost
Tinkerer
Tasmania
TT

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 Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 08:08 pm, by:  Sean Yost (Crazystitch) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
well right you are peter....the radiator was 80% blocked..see overheating post.... so so far so good, but as you say too there is now a weird sound coming from the turbos will post a post about that....

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