Re: cooling system capacity

["Eric Ansay" <eansay@ezwebtech.com>]

When I drained my 4-cyl (1994 Jetta GL) I was only able to get about 1.5
gallons in (stupid me didn't premeasure, so I have 1 gallon coolant, and .5
gallons water -- should be able to withstand Wisconsin winters).

Eric

-----Original Message-----
From: Ng, Kevin (NationsCredit) <kevin.ng@nationscredit.com>
To: 'gtivr6' <gti-vr6@cobra.ccsi.com>; 'jettaglx' <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Date: Monday, June 28, 1999 10:29 AM
Subject: cooling system capacity


>Anyone know what the "official" cooling system capacity for a VR6 engine
is?
>
>I managed to do a long overdue coolant flush over the weekend using the
>"unplug recycle hose from coolant resevoir, drain, and run water through
the
>resevoir until it turns clear" method posted a few weeks back. When
flushed,
>I dumped in a gallon of distilled water and topped off with about 2 quarts
>of G11. When I checked the Bentley manual afterwards, capacity is listed as
>10 liters (2.64 gallons). If I'm supposed to mix 50/50 water/coolant,
>Bentley is saying I should have put 5 liters (5.28 qts) in.
>
>So, is the capacity *really* 10 liters, or is this another one of those
>Bentley misprints? I remember looking at the capacities for the 2.0 liter
>engines and being surprised that it was about half that of the VR6.
>
>BTW, the stuff I drained out was revolting. The color reminded me of raw
>sewage.
>
>Kevin Ng
>97 Jetta GLX Windsor Blue "teeny bit worried" edition