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Hi everyone. I'm glad I found this site. I'm hoping to NEVER have to take my Equinox to the dealer for servicing so maybe this site will assist me with this endeavor. :thumb:
So I'm slowly doing all of the 100k service on the car myself. It's an '06 Nox with a little over 95k miles. Yesterday, I went to flush the coolant and replace the Dex Cool with Prestone Extended Life. I opened the radiator petcock and nothing came out. At all. Dry as a bone. So I went to the other end of the radiator and removed the big hose and it all drained out. I repeated this until the cleaning stuff was gone and then I put the coolant in.
Now, my issue is this: I ONLY needed to use 1 gallon of 50/50 mix. Shouldn't it take a LOT more. Instead of the almost 4 liters, shouldn't it take nearly 10?
I am not currently nor have I EVER experience overheating but it seems that the radiator isn't accepting all the fluids. Is there a different spot, other than the plastic reservoir, to fill the vehicle with coolant? I didn't see a radiator cap anywhere...It's supposed to take 9.9 liters, isn't it? I did make sure to purge the system of air using the little bleeder valve from the water pump, but this didn't make a difference in the coolant level very much. ???
I did want to mention that when I got home today from work, a 30 minute highway drive, I popped the hood and noticed the entire reservoir was empty. When I opened the cap to add more, it filled right back up to the proper level. I'm thinking that's normal behavior for it. Also, I think I might be noticing that the radiator fans are turning on more frequently. Maybe it's the difference in coolant? :-\
Any advice and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!
So I'm slowly doing all of the 100k service on the car myself. It's an '06 Nox with a little over 95k miles. Yesterday, I went to flush the coolant and replace the Dex Cool with Prestone Extended Life. I opened the radiator petcock and nothing came out. At all. Dry as a bone. So I went to the other end of the radiator and removed the big hose and it all drained out. I repeated this until the cleaning stuff was gone and then I put the coolant in.
Now, my issue is this: I ONLY needed to use 1 gallon of 50/50 mix. Shouldn't it take a LOT more. Instead of the almost 4 liters, shouldn't it take nearly 10?
I am not currently nor have I EVER experience overheating but it seems that the radiator isn't accepting all the fluids. Is there a different spot, other than the plastic reservoir, to fill the vehicle with coolant? I didn't see a radiator cap anywhere...It's supposed to take 9.9 liters, isn't it? I did make sure to purge the system of air using the little bleeder valve from the water pump, but this didn't make a difference in the coolant level very much. ???
I did want to mention that when I got home today from work, a 30 minute highway drive, I popped the hood and noticed the entire reservoir was empty. When I opened the cap to add more, it filled right back up to the proper level. I'm thinking that's normal behavior for it. Also, I think I might be noticing that the radiator fans are turning on more frequently. Maybe it's the difference in coolant? :-\
Any advice and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!