coolant question
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Delo (Chevron) ELC is good for 750,000 miles (1,000,000 if you add the supplement package at 500,000 miles) and no more SCA testing 
! The coolant was $18 per gallon (undiluted, and I had to buy a case of six gallons). I changed mine and installed a coolant filter at the same time...$72 for coolant, $15 for distilled water, and $100 or so for the filter system. Now, I need to change both the Volvos and I will never have to change coolant again (at least on these three vehicles). Can anyone see a reason why the Delo ELC wouldn't work in the Volvos?
! The coolant was $18 per gallon (undiluted, and I had to buy a case of six gallons). I changed mine and installed a coolant filter at the same time...$72 for coolant, $15 for distilled water, and $100 or so for the filter system. Now, I need to change both the Volvos and I will never have to change coolant again (at least on these three vehicles). Can anyone see a reason why the Delo ELC wouldn't work in the Volvos?
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also one more thing how long does it take cavitation to happen? because i used one of the fleetgaurd test strips and if im reading correctly it reads 0!! the nitrate is at A on the chart and the molybdate is row 2... hopefully this hasnt been like this for a long while.. ive owned the truck for only a year ''02 150k'' you read the strip with the part you hold onto at the bottom of chart correct? well im going to my IH dealer right now to get coolant and as far as the thermostats go on these can i just but a pepboys one of should i go to the dealer?
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deionized water will also work...Oh and you'll need about 20 gallons. Did you read the procedure on switching to ELC coolant? Gooch has a good one...I'll see if I can find it.
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I'venever seen deionized water in stores. Where would you get it?
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Our water is so bad out here (though I have an almost unlimited supply 30 feet down) they sell every kind known to man in almost every store...myself, I have a iron/manganese/softening filtration system in my house...but I still buy distilled or deionized when I do coolant and for my batteries (my house batteries use a large amount of water - about a gallon a month).
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is this the link your talking about? Coolant changing instructions... - Diesel Forum - The Diesel Stop.com i just drained all the coolant out as we speak..... all i have to do is pull the thermostat and start flushing it out..... oh by the way i loved pulling the passenger side plug and the coolant spilling allover me until it found its path comming off the starter!!
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Our water is so bad out here (though I have an almost unlimited supply 30 feet down) they sell every kind known to man in almost every store...myself, I have a iron/manganese/softening filtration system in my house...but I still buy distilled or deionized when I do coolant and for my batteries (my house batteries use a large amount of water - about a gallon a month).
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...they want to put in a commercial well and pipe the water to Sparks...another fountain, another golf course 
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is this the link your talking about? Coolant changing instructions... - Diesel Forum - The Diesel Stop.com i just drained all the coolant out as we speak..... all i have to do is pull the thermostat and start flushing it out..... oh by the way i loved pulling the passenger side plug and the coolant spilling allover me until it found its path comming off the starter!!
, isn't it? Well, isn't it 
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The well is 140 feet deep, but static water level is at 30 feet with unlimited (50+ GPM) water...just down a little hill from my house (on my property) is a year round running stream which flows through the property (very rare out here in the desert...we get less than 6" precipitation per year). The city of Sparks wants to annex my property for the water ...they want to put in a commercial well and pipe the water to Sparks...another fountain, another golf course .
...they want to put in a commercial well and pipe the water to Sparks...another fountain, another golf course .
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them!!
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ok well just finished!!! damn that took way to long...... 6 hrs... well 1 to 1.5 were running to the store bla bla bla...... but i feel much better now than i did before... its like when i do an oil change.. i feel much better driveing after doin a flush.... hopefully the sca level wasnt low for a long period of time!!!! well ill never have to do that again HOPEFULLY!!!! thanks again guys!!! BTW the IH coolant is 18.10 a gallon of concentrate if ne one is curious!!
HOPEFULLY!!!! thanks again guys!!! BTW the IH coolant is 18.10 a gallon of concentrate if ne one is curious!!
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Im confused.............. so i did the flush like it says how to in that link i posted......flushed it with garden hose.... drain.... distilled water.... drain.... distilled water... drain.. then coolant..... so for the last flush with the distilled water i filled up to the top, ran motor.... then unscrewed the drain on the radiator and pulled both the block plugs.. i did not pull the lower radiater hose ''i dont think'' ... screwd the block screws in and put in the thermastat closed the drain valve on the radiator then filled with 4 gallons of coolant and only 2 gallons of water???? that only is 6 gallons???? not 8... the first flush with the distilled water i fit 8 gallons in... can there really be 2 gallons worth of air in the system? if there is that much air in the system should i be worried about driveing it?
