182 engine coolent?

[The Fatty]

Anyone know which color coolent is used int he 182? I know if you mix coolents they can turn to glue so dont want to do that!

 

[The Fatty]

p.s. I know its type d, but what color is type d (so i can tell if its got the right stuff in there at the moment as i dont want to drain the whole system)...

 

[16v_paddy]

type d is green

 

[Elfy]

Yeah green. Can get 5 litres off eBay pretty cheap now

 

[Wests Renault]

Should only be about £10 from Renault for 5L

 

[The Fatty]

ok, many thanks

 

[davo172]

type d only !!

 

[The Fatty]

Ok, I just checked the color of what I have in there at the moment, and it looks more yellow that green?! Is that right?

 

[Fred@BTM]

when it gets old it turns a weird yellowy colour, new its f**k off alien bright green

 

[The Fatty]

Thank Fred, do you know if you can buy it in concentrate as I dont really want to be draining the system this time of year?!

 

[Mike_RS]

Sorry to hijack the thread but can somebody explain what process i should use to do a full coolant change and system flush? The more detail the better!

Cheers

 

[Daniel]

No idea if this is the official way of doing it, but its what I do...

Remove the bottom hose from the radiator. and let it all piss out over the floor. Don't do this on the driveway, do it on the road! lol.

Flush through radiator with clean water via hosepipe

Remove heater pipes & Flush through the heater (remove pipes at the bulkhead) with clean water

Put all pipework back together.

Fill the system up with Type D coolant from renault (its proper cheap compared to stuff from halfords etc)

run it up to temperature and bleed for air leaks via the bleed screw.

Let it cool down completely and top up as needed.

 

[koi]

As above. Never done it before and had to do mine a couple of weeks ago, nice easy job.

I bought 7l of coolant (1x5l and 2x1l) from Renault, didn't realise the 1l bottles were so expensive. Be as well paying the extra £2 or something to get 2x5l and having some spare.