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V6 S series cooling system does tend to get airlocks when refilling, so you'll need a bit of patience.
-fecking hell you're not joking are you! Took about an hour and a half of arsing about to get the coolant back in the system after fully draining. Tried the suggestions in the bible, but didn't seem to speed things up significantly.
-discovered that you could fill the swirl tank, run the engine for about 20s, then switch off and re-fill.
Running the engine for 2-3 minutes between fillings as recommended made no difference whatsoever to the amount of fluid you could get in at any one time. It seems to suck in a fixed amount immediately after start-up and that's it.
Think the major hang-up is around the cabin heater matrix and associated piping. Didn't find any shortcuts to the problem...patience is the key. Just glad I didn't get a mechanic to sort it out. 10 bar anti-freeze, 90 bar labour
Running the engine for 2-3 minutes between fillings as recommended made no difference whatsoever to the amount of fluid you could get in at any one time. It seems to suck in a fixed amount immediately after start-up and that's it.
Think the major hang-up is around the cabin heater matrix and associated piping. Didn't find any shortcuts to the problem...patience is the key. Just glad I didn't get a mechanic to sort it out. 10 bar anti-freeze, 90 bar labour
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