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Post Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:42 pm

Tried to have a quick search in the wiki

But how mutch coolant do I need in the 318 is
It's brown :(
Also just coolant or do you add water as well

Cheers
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Post Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:00 pm

great cheers

take it the m40 & 42 use the same ammount
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Post Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:29 pm

cjdonny wrote:great cheers

take it the m40 & 42 use the same ammount
Not quite. 6 litre for the M40; 6.5 litre for the M42.
You won't get all of the liquid out of the system, so when you've flushed out the system, and the only thing in there is clean water, add the correct amount of neat antifreeze, before finally topping up with clean water.