Coolant service done with Vacum device

[CJ_Boxster]

Went to my dads shop on saturday and had my cooling system placed under a vacum of 50PSI and sucked nearly all the coolant out of the car... so i think haha, The level of the "Old Coolant" tank was at .5 liters and when it was done pulling my coolant out it filled up to the 8 liter mark. Anyone know exactly how much coolant the entire system holds?

When the Coolant was being sucked out, it looked very clear, almost like water with a light green tint to it.

Here are acouple pictures i took while i was there of the vacum device.

Heres the dirty old coolant.. i have no idea how old it is, atleast 20k miles old cause thats how many miles i've put on the car since ownership. Notice how the coolant separated from the brown "matter"...scary stuff


Heres the old coolant tank next to the new coolant that was pushed back into the system.

[blinkwatt]

What did you replace the old coolant with?

Notice anything different after changing the coolant?

[CJ_Boxster]

That im not sure of, I know i seen afew blue coolant container in the back... i think that stuff is called "Peak" but ill have to call the shop and check on that.
I also noticed on the way to work this morning that the coolant temp was alot better than it usually is, Normally the temp settles with the Gauge needle over the "0" but today it was pegged over the "8" on the 180 print.

[CJ_Boxster]

Ok talked to my pops, he said they get the coolant in large 5 gallon drums that are labeled - Trinity Heavy Duty Coolant..... anyone have any info on that stuff?

[dcporsche99]

Cool pics CJ! Nothing like having cool tools and a nice garage to work in....I wonder how much that pump goes for??

[CJ_Boxster]

That one in the shop probably costs around $4k-$6k cause its got this panel with levers that divert vaccum to other tanks and use air pressure to dump the old liquid... pretty neat, i should have taken a picture of it. The fluid change took about 5 minutes to complete.

[dcporsche99]

Don't think I've ever been at a shop for ONLY a few minutes...this is definitely a good case of, "you get what you pay for" !!! :dance:

[CJ_Boxster]

Originally Posted by dcporsche99

Don't think I've ever been at a shop for ONLY a few minutes...this is definitely a good case of, "you get what you pay for" !!! :dance:

I agree, i didnt pay for it either... free of charge, I also tried to install my eibachs but gave up cause i think i didnt have enough tools so i repaired my Pops boss' laptop and hes paying me back by installing the eibachs for me tomorrow. Win Win for me,

[j.fro]

Not to hijack, but Griot's Garage makes a home version extractor pump, and it's under a hundred bucks.