Lone-Red-Ranger@alien.topB to Mechanic Advice@gearhead.townEnglish · 1 year agoI just worked on my transmission, but just realized that I don't know which type of fluid was already in the system. How bad is this?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareI just worked on my transmission, but just realized that I don't know which type of fluid was already in the system. How bad is this?plus-squareLone-Red-Ranger@alien.topB to Mechanic Advice@gearhead.townEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareLone-Red-Ranger@alien.topOPBtoMechanic Advice@gearhead.town•I just replaced my radiator, but it needed much less coolant than the manual says. Is this normal?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWould that throw off the water to coolant ratio? Should I drain about a gallon, and then fill it up again? This might be a stupid question, but do I monitor the level in the reservoir, or open up the cap (when cool, of course)? linkfedilink
Lone-Red-Ranger@alien.topB to Mechanic Advice@gearhead.townEnglish · 1 year agoI just replaced my radiator, but it needed much less coolant than the manual says. Is this normal?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareI just replaced my radiator, but it needed much less coolant than the manual says. Is this normal?plus-squareLone-Red-Ranger@alien.topB to Mechanic Advice@gearhead.townEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
Would that throw off the water to coolant ratio? Should I drain about a gallon, and then fill it up again?
This might be a stupid question, but do I monitor the level in the reservoir, or open up the cap (when cool, of course)?