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Old 02-06-2009, 03:14 PM
wgilmore wgilmore is offline
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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton View Post
You don't need to drain anything. Just pull the upper hose.........pour in coolant slowly until it's totally full..........and reconnect hose quickly to radiator (try not to lose any coolant).
I understand that I didn't need to dump the coolant, but I had already done that to test the thermostat.


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Please post your results...........the more data we get.........the better we get at fixing by wire.
Yes , absolutely will do.
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Oh, and with regard to "friends"..........unless they actually own one of these vehicles and have worked on them..........don't take any advice.
Yes , you are painfully correct, as I am learning over time, the SDL is a unique machine. The best intentions / knowledge of those who lack direct and long term experience is often a trip down the road of "do over".
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