[Mk2] [Turbo] coolant change

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impaler81
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[Mk2] [Turbo] coolant change

Post by impaler81 »

hi all, just a quickie before i go to bed. I wanna change my coolant as its looking rather brown...not pasty, just brown (bad?) so i wanna change it.

Ive heard mixed things about it being a really hard task so:

is it a big deal to change and how much you looking at as a typical cost? is it diy-able?

Oh and what makes it go brown? im assuming and hoping just age. I got the car imported 18 months ago (the last 9 it has been SORN) and since i have put 20k miles on and never changed the coolant. I dont think i even checked the colour when i got it so dont know when it was last changed...

Just getting her back on the road and making her perfect again, thinking changing the coolant is gonna be a requirement.

TIA

Matt.
JohnnyC
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] coolant change

Post by JohnnyC »

It's not the simplest of tasks, even many Toyota dealers can't manage it!! But it's certainly DIY-able.

One of the best how-to's I've seen is this one...
http://www.mr2oc.co.uk/Knowledge_Base/o ... id=47.html

And here's the proceedure from the BGB...
http://www.mr2-tech.com/bgb/mechanical/ ... stem/3.htm

HTH
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