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Old 07-17-2009, 08:54 PM
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1993 90CS 2.8L V6 is the car. Where is the best place to drain all the coolant out? Didnt realize it when i bought it but it has green coolant in it and it needs to get out of there before it does any damage if it already hasnt. I know this is the b5 section but it gets more action then classic audi and the engine is almost the same as the 96 2.8.
 
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Old 07-17-2009, 10:15 PM
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the G11 is a green coolant too. since your car is that old it may be the G11, well it could be **** fluid too lol. what i did to flush out my system is let as much out as i could from the radiator and then kept the system going by pinching the return line and putting a hose in the reservoir.
 
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Old 07-17-2009, 10:30 PM
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I know ECS sells a blue G11. But i talked to the tech at the stealership and they said that i could put G12 in there so ill be picking some up on monday. And yes the coolant seems to be pretty wore out.
 
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Old 07-17-2009, 11:04 PM
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it seems G11 is indeed blue. the Haynes manual says green, the writer must have been color blind lol. maybe it's actually turqous
 
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Old 07-17-2009, 11:18 PM
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Lol maybe. Hopefully it doesnt give me too many problems i have to have it done by thursday. If all goes well it shouldnt take me more than a couple hours though. Does that seem right?
 
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Old 07-18-2009, 12:45 AM
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i would do a full flush with a bottle of coolant flush. basically you fill your system with water and a bottle of the flush fluid, drive it for like 20 miles, then flush it out with water and fill your system up with good coolant
 
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Old 07-18-2009, 12:55 PM
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Would any auto parts store have the flush?
 
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Old 07-18-2009, 01:22 PM
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Yep..
 
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Old 08-14-2009, 10:20 AM
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My Audi (97 TDi) garage said that it doesn't matter if it is red, green or blue on the older cars AS LONG as one doesn't mix the colours.
 
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