Antifreeze in Fleetwood Pusher
I have a Bounder Diesel Pusher with C7 Cat. I have called Freightliner, Fleetwood, Cat. to find the captivity for a change of antifreeze in the unit (34H). Cat thinks its 9-1/2 gallons without heater,...
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JimM68 wrote:Blaster Man wrote:
I never fill the radiator with what I think is 50% of the capacity with coolant. If you think it is 9 gallons, get 9 gallon milk jugs and fill each with a 50/50 mixture. Then start filling the radiator with them. If the actual capacity is 7...you still have a 50/50 mixture in the radiator. If the actual capacity is 11, keep making gallons of 50/50 until it is full. What ever you have left, which isn't much, carry as extra in case you need it, and the radiator has exacty a 50/50 mixture.
I gotta say....
I've never read on the internet anything that makes that much sense.
Look guys, if you buy the proper stuff called out in the manual by Cat or Cummins, you can only get it premixed. You are not supposed to put standard automobile anti-freeze in these diesels. You may get by with it IF you use a special additive for diesel engines but why take the chance just to save a couple of bucks.
