udidwht
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07-11-18 08:03 PM - Post#2739751
I drained my coolant system from my Fleetwood RV (454 V8) which has a system capacity of 22.5qts. I marked a large container in gallon increments. Once drained the container measured exactly 3 gallons (not incl. what I spilled ). Best guess…roughly a quart or so. This was all in preparation for cooling hose (upper & lower) replacement as well as the by-pass hose.
I used Prestone 70/30 mix rather than 50/50 which was in the system prior to draining. Any idea what the coolant/water ratio would be now once mixed with the remaining 50/50 ratio? I’m guessing that given the system capacity is 22.5qts and I removed roughly 13qts or that there had to be roughly 10qts of 50/50 left in the engine.
I’d like to get back to the 50/50 ratio. I was thinking of just siphoning some of the coolant out of the radiator and then adding distilled water but need to know roughly how much coolant I should siphon before adding the distilled water?
1994 Fleetwood Southwind Storm
P-30 chassis 7.4L 454 TBI 56,4XX miles and counting....
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454cid
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07-11-18 08:51 PM - Post#2739754
In response to udidwht
61% coolant, 39% water.
If you drain a gallon of the mix and add water it will get you close.... like 52-ish. However, you're working with ball park numbers. Get a coolant tester.
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 GreatNorthWoods
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07-12-18 04:02 AM - Post#2739762
In response to udidwht
I would just leave it as is. Don't know where you're located but here in the Northeast it is common to run as high as 75/25 since it goes to minus 20 in the winter here. My car is garaged all winter but I still run about 75%. 
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udidwht
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07-13-18 06:30 PM - Post#2739919
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I would just leave it as is. Don't know where you're located but here in the Northeast it is common to run as high as 75/25 since it goes to minus 20 in the winter here. My car is garaged all winter but I still run about 75%.
I'm in the Seattle area. Not much cold here. Today was pushing 90F. During winter average temps are 40-50F for lows. Occasionally it may drop below freezing but not very often.
I did siphon out 1 gallon of coolant out of the radiator and replaced it with 1 gallon of distilled water. Seems to have had a positive effect on the dash temp gauge. The last 2 days temps here have been 85-90F. Been driving the RV to work (18 miles) 15 of those are freeway and 5-6 in heavy traffic. RV ran great and dash gauge during highway speed (60mph) stayed 210F - 1/2 needle width to the right of 210F (middle of gauge).
It did briefly creep up to roughly 220 or so after hitting traffic (heat-soak) but recovered nicely. Clutch fan is working nicely as well.
1994 Fleetwood Southwind Storm
P-30 chassis 7.4L 454 TBI 56,4XX miles and counting....
VIN# 1GBJP37N4R3314754 |
Edited by udidwht on 07-13-18 07:03 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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454cid
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07-13-18 07:21 PM - Post#2739922
In response to udidwht
I would just leave it as is. Don't know where you're located but here in the Northeast it is common to run as high as 75/25 since it goes to minus 20 in the winter here. My car is garaged all winter but I still run about 75%.
I'm in the Seattle area. Not much cold here. Today was pushing 90F. During winter average temps are 40-50F for lows. Occasionally it may drop below freezing but not very often.
I did siphon out 1 gallon of coolant out of the radiator and replaced it with 1 gallon of distilled water. Seems to have had a positive effect on the dash temp gauge. The last 2 days temps here have been 85-90F. Been driving the RV to work (18 miles) 15 of those are freeway and 5-6 in heavy traffic. RV ran great and dash gauge during highway speed (60mph) stayed 210F - 1/2 needle width to the right of 210F (middle of gauge).
It did briefly creep up to roughly 220 or so after hitting traffic (heat-soak) but recovered nicely. Clutch fan is working nicely as well.
I doubt that small of a change in the ratio will do much for running temperature. It was probably just a few degrees cooler out, or the humidity, wind, something was different from the other day.
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