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: How much coolant should my system hold?


RamJam
Sep 16th, 03, 07:36 PM
How much coolant should my system hold? That's complete system antifreeze and water. I have a 350, manual trans, stock 21" radiator. I have about 2.5 gallons in it and it seems to be fool. Doesn't seem to be enough since I drained the engine and flushed it before adding new unless it still had some in the heater core. Thanks

Mark C
Sep 17th, 03, 04:00 AM
Unless you pulled a lower freeze plug on the engine there is still about a gallon of water in the block and maybe a quart in the Heater core. Beleive the AMA specs for cooling capacity is either 15 or 16 quarts.

RamJam
Sep 19th, 03, 09:16 AM
Thanks Mark that must be it. graemlins/thumbsup.gif