Hey guys. I was tackling the hose change and coolant flush on my d2 today and I ran into a problem. I flushed the engine/radiator/heater core with water from a garden hose and no I am putting everything back. Here is where I am stuck. If I put everything back and then fill her up with the 50/50 peak global that I have, wouldn't there be an excess of water in the system. There is no way for me to remove the water that is left in the system from the hose flush. Perhaps I should blow it out with my shop vac? Please help. Thanks

 

Stand on the bumper and bounce the truck you will get maybe a cup of water out.
There is maybe 1.5 cups of water left in the system after you flushed with the garden hose, maybe.
After you get the system all nice and full and bled just check the freeze/boil protection with a coolant tester, you will see that its fine.

 

I used compressed air to get the last of the flush water out...though I have to say, be VERY CAREFUL when doing this.

 

I just flushed my system the same way prior to changing the radiator. I was told the system holds approx 4 gallons. Once I drained the radiator of water and some from the motor I filled the system with 2 gallons of straight antifreeze (green), this brought the system up to full.

 

System holds 2 gallons.

 

Yup, the DII holds only 2 gallons.

 

Look on page 118 of the Rave Disco II manual, 13 litres from dry cooling system V-8 engine.

 

Incorrect...Look again Wolf...you are quoting Td-5 specs...

 

Hey guys thanks for the help today. I used my shop vac to push out some if the water left behind. It then took a little more than two gallons of coolant to fill her back up.

 

You can get more coolant out by removing the block drains under the exhaust manifolds.