How To Mix Antifreeze Concentrate With Water And Add It To The Engine?
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2024
- Content of this video:
00:00 Intro
00:33 What will you need to mix antifreeze?
01:24 How to mix antifreeze?
03:31 Few more useful tips
03:43 Can you mix antifreeze colors?
04:04 Can you mix antifreeze brands?
04:17 Can you mix antifreeze and water?
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Antifreeze concentrates are very popular not only for adding coolant but also when flushing the whole coolant system.
If you've bought antifreeze concentrate, this video will show you how to mix antifreeze with water.
This is important because if you don't do it the right way, you may damage the coolant system.
Besides this, you can get some information about can you mix antifreeze, can you mix antifreeze colors, can you mix antifreeze brands, and else.
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Hope this video helps to learn how to mix antifreeze and help solve your problem.
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I saw this video a little too late, just finished flushing my cooling system after adding the wrong anti-freeze. I'm one of those people who are allergic to reading manuals and so when i bought the concentrated anti-freeze, I did what you said one should not do, that is pour it directly into the reservior. Now my car is shaking, has lost power and the engine warning light has come on. Lesson learnt. Anyway thank you for the video, certainly educative.
Thanks, it was useful for me!
Great video. Easy to follow along with clear instruction and tips.
Thank you for the nice comment and for watching!
Thanks for the helpful video! I've had a slow leak of coolant for a few months. Given that fixing the problem is quite expensive, I just keep a bottle of coolant in my car and top it off when necessary. I noticed my car starting to overheat while waiting in the drive thru today, but luckily I was very close to home. The temperature gauge was at the last white marking before the red marking. When I got home I discovered that my coolant bottle was almost empty, but I also wanted to make sure I added enough volume to get me to a store to buy more. My coolant is the pre-diluted 50/50 variety, but since I didn't have much left I diluted it with equal parts bottled water. I didn't have an distilled water and thought bottled water was probably better than tap, and I waited a few hours until the car cooled down before I added it. I know you can use straight water in emergency situations, so I reasoned that a 25% coolant solution was probably better than just water. Do you think that was ok??? I hope I didn't make things worse.
Hi and thanks for watching!
No, I think you did the best thing in that situation. Everything is better than getting the engine overheated.
In my opinion, there should be no damage but if you want to be 100% sure, change the coolant and call it a day. It isn't that expensive and it will give you peace of mind.
Of course, despite the cost try to solve the leak asap as these tend to get worse over time.
If you decide to leave the coolant that way, then make sure you check it with a coolant tester.
Hope this helps.
good info. i am mixing g13 with distilled water. thank you.
You're welcome and thanks for watching!
good luck trying to find strait answers on "the pink stuff" for 2004 Dodge Rams. since my mech did not tell me what kind he put in.
Thanks so much.
You're welcome and thanks for watching!
Great video, recently had leak and added 1/2 liter water should i add same amount of concentrate or first test coolant. Thanks
Hi and sorry for the late reply. I would best add diluted coolant (in that case two third coolant, one-third water).
Do the coolant check anyway so you're sure for the future.
Hope this helps.
@@DespairRepair Should I add the solution to radiator or reservoir. Also I have to remove existing coolant 1/2 L, does it matter from radiator or reservoir. thanks
@@nb9536 it really doesn't matter choose what's easier for you.
If it's just half a liter you have to remove then you can use the coolant tester and suck the coolant out.
It takes a bit more time but beats taking off the hose, clamps, or vents.
So concentrate is add water one ? And concentrated you can just put in without any water that is right ???
Hi and thanks for watching!
It's best to mix it with water first otherwise you may damage the coolant system.
Concentrated Coolant is 50 to 50 ratio. 1 Gallon of concentrated Coolant equals 1 gallon of Distill water hence 50:50 ratio.
Concentrate is not the added water. 50/50 ready to use is the one with added water
Do I have to use distilled water
Hi, and thanks for watching! Yes, distilled water would be best,
Use tap water only if there's no other solution.
I am not going to lie, I accidentally put 100% concentrated. Should I remove all?
Hi, thanks for watching, and sorry for the late reply.
If all the coolant in the system is concentrated, yes, remove it all.
Otherwise, you may damage the coolant system like the water pump for instance or the car may overheat.
@@DespairRepair I got overheat unfortunately I learned lesson hard but will it go back to normal if I use 50/50?
@@marcozuz7072 Hi and thanks for watching!
Yes, it should be OK if the engine hasn't seriously overheated and for a longer period of time.
If you have the chance, first mix the coolant in a separate container and check it with a coolant tester. Then pour it into the system.
Also, check for leaks afterward, just in case.
Hope this helps.
Shit. I added water and then concentrate to the car, i thought it should be the same thing
Hi, and thanks for watching! Well, you basically have two options:
The first, which is safer, would be to flush the system, mix the concentrate, and refill the system again.
Or you can just start the car, hope for the best, and let the water pump do the mixing.
If you decide for the second, once you start the car rev it up from time to time.
Hope any of this helps.
Whatever you do….whatever you do…DO NOT just mix the same colours believing this is safe, this is wrong information and you could potentially damage your cars.
Some Antifreezes are an IAT formulation that are yellow and some are yellow and OAT formulation.
YOU SHOULD AVOID MIXING IAT AND OAT FORMULATIONS, unless you like working on your damaged cars.
Thanks for watching and for sharing!
This is ridiculous. Add some antifreeze, then add some water this super critical 50-50 is absolutely not required. Give me a break.
Hi and thanks for watching! Just take care you don't cause a water pump leak that way.