Coolant question...

[RYGT]

Didn't want to post this on the main board...

But here it is... How much water should be in the system? I mean if I fill the both spots and the overflow tank one day and come back the next day should I be able to add any to the system? Should it be full I guess is my question.

[Trey]

It should be aboot 50/50 coolant and water combo for the best cooling. As for the total amount of coolant...i think it's aboot 8 quarts that the system will hold. How full is the overflow?

[RYGT]

Well, I don't want to stick in a 50/50 mix when I am adding every time I drive. I dont know what it is holding right now... But let's say I fill the sucker. To the top, add to both spots and the overflow tank. All completly filled. I'll drive for about 30mins and I can then add just under a whole gallon of water! I mean most of that goes directly into the system. If I then fill up the overflow I can finish of the rest of the gallon! That can't be good. But what I was kind of asking was should the system be completly full? I know it spits it out and taks from the overflow when needed, but when you've got a nastly leak that is not the case anymore..... Dang cars! :smile:

[Trey]

holy crow dude!

Yeah, it should have been full....sounds like you have a bit of a problem there....

[LordKravis]

buy some of that radiator seal stuff i hear it will plug every leak in your coolant system.

[Probehead]

Sounds like a water pump problem. It happened to me last year.

[RYGT]

Did you mean to type crow?

Yea, I'd say I've got a problem! :smile: I check ALL of my "hookups" for Ford and or Mazda parts. I think I'm getting dealer price now. But that's more than I wanted to spend in the first place! /forums/images/smiles/icon_mad.gif

I'm guessing the leak is too big for any sort of leak stopper.

Oh the place that used to make the things when the cars were new is no longer around so the pulley specs had to be changed that means I've got to buy a new pulley too. :smile: Yipeee

[RYGT]

I was actually thinking about letting the sunofabich go... Letting the engine over heat and become a big waste of metal. Then beg my dad for money to buy a new engine. Not tell him that it's a more expensive Japanese version of course! :smile:

[Trey]

*holding the magic crystal ball....*

....I forsee a great oppurtunity....a J-spec motor perhaps? I think so.:grin:

If you've got the $$$...Id just wait until your engine died a horrible grinding death...and then get the ZE.

And yes, I meant to type Crow. As in Holy Crow!

[RYGT]

That post inspired me man! As soon as I read it I gave my dad a ring. "I have to think about it" Gave me the speech about it's my fault my engine is going to pot cuz of the way I drive. blah blah racing something something blah shift at 3 thou, yada yada something less aggressive so on and so on... I'll be calling him back thursday. Maybe getting a ZE soon! :smile: Then I can use my tax money to pay for my suspension. bada bing! fast car that finnally rides well. *fingers crossed*

[RYGT]

Edited by Ben... go read my new post... deservs it's own. or something -mutters-

Trey, where'd you get the crystal ball?

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[Trey]

hehehe...it's on loan from the psychic friends network. I'm pleased to hear of your impending good fortune...though I knew of it already...after all, I have the magic crystal ball:grin::grin::grin:

[BillyBadAss]

On 2001-04-25 18:02, Trey wrote:
I have the magic crystal ball

dude, you may need to get that looked at... that's just not normal :smile: