funflair
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As the title suggests I decided it was time I changed the antifreeze fluid in the Alde heating system as I didn't know how long it had been in as we have had the van 4 years and not been done in our ownership, its not just an antifreeze but a corrosion inhibitor as well.
On our Flair we have a drain point under the van so dumping the old stuff was pretty easy, Alde say to use G12++ (purple) VW spec antifreeze at no stronger than 50:50, local auto spares had a compatible fluid that would mix OK with any residual old stuff, filled the header tank and opened a few bleed nipples and all looks good, had a bit of heat on it last night but now levelled up a bit more and going to bleed again then run it to check.
Only downside of the compatible fluid I used is that you struggle to see the level in the header as it has not got the dark colour.
Martin
On our Flair we have a drain point under the van so dumping the old stuff was pretty easy, Alde say to use G12++ (purple) VW spec antifreeze at no stronger than 50:50, local auto spares had a compatible fluid that would mix OK with any residual old stuff, filled the header tank and opened a few bleed nipples and all looks good, had a bit of heat on it last night but now levelled up a bit more and going to bleed again then run it to check.
Only downside of the compatible fluid I used is that you struggle to see the level in the header as it has not got the dark colour.
Martin