Tagged: Coolant

Installing a W126 radiator 1

Installing a W126 radiator

Today’s job was installing a W126 radiator into my 1987 560SEC.   I had previously sorted out the cooling hoses as part of my monovalve eliminator install.   I was just waiting on a few extra parts I had ordered to begin this job. Firstly I decided to replace the coolant reservoir tank.  My current one is not leaking, but the plastic was quite discoloured and...

Traction coolant flush 3

Traction coolant flush

I seem to have a habit of buying Citroens that have ditch water in their cooling system.     I spent quite a bit of time flushing out the system of the DS21, and now I need to do the same for the traction. The Traction currently has a habit of marking its territory after every drive with a nice dirty stain where the...

280CE coolant flush and M110 thermostat change 1

280CE coolant flush and M110 thermostat change

The 280CE had been performing well on the road after being put back into service, but the most obvious issue was that it never got up to operating temperature.   Running too cool is not good for the engine and also results in higher fuel consumption.   As they say, overheating an engine might kill it instantly, but underheating it will kill it slowly....

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