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kvz2000

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Anti freeze
« on: December 13, 2015, 08:16:13 PM »
Hi Guys,

I have a 2002 Discovery TD5 , only had it about a month and after a very cold night last night I thought I'd better check the anti freeze , my tester showed that its only safe up to about -5 so I feel it needs to be a stronger mix, is it possible just to add some pure anti freeze by letting some water out the system instead of draining the full engine , also what type of anti freeze should I use , I read so many different views.

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Donald
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StephenO

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Re: Anti freeze
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2015, 08:51:12 PM »
To be honest, if you want to be sure on the mix I would just drain it and put some new coolant in, at least then you'll know.
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Re: Anti freeze
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2015, 09:32:34 PM »
Use OAT if you are unsure of what has been in previously, will avoid gunking up the engine from reacting with the old stuff
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Re: Anti freeze
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2015, 06:52:06 AM »
It must be OAT as has been said
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kvz2000

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Re: Anti freeze
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2015, 11:23:29 PM »
Many thanks guys , I rechecked the anti freeze in the daylight ( much easier ) and there seems to be plenty of anti freeze in the system , from memory I think it looked yellowish ??
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