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whats the best coolant to use in 3.1

Postby stardog » Sat Nov 27, 2010 8:55 am

Im just wondering what is the best coolant to use in the 3.1 engine and what everybody else is using in their mu's also what is a good after market temp gauge.
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Re: whats the best coolant to use in 3.1

Postby pig75 » Sat Nov 27, 2010 3:19 pm

I use tank water and castrol RCI in my MU's
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Re: whats the best coolant to use in 3.1

Postby geeves » Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:04 pm

the green stuff. Mix to the instructions in the bottle
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Re: whats the best coolant to use in 3.1

Postby stardog » Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:30 pm

I went and bought some nulon stuff today fitting a big single thermo fan out of a astra with 3 speed fan also craig davis thermo switch and some custom wiring to get all 3 speeds working hope it works ok.
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Postby geeves » Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:03 pm

My last fill was Nulon Its good stuff. Only changed it because of viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1805
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Re: whats the best coolant to use in 3.1

Postby stardog » Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:50 pm

The only reason i chose nulon i run it in my computers water cooling system yep i play games so my computers are water cooled and overclocked.
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