How to change the Supercharger's Coolant


It connects to the the purge tank opening. Drain the system as usually, suck all of the air out. The kit has a valve that you then put into a tank of new coolant. The vacuum will draw the new coolant into the system. After you pull nearly all of the air out. I have purchase a non Radkitplus system, for only $100. From the pictures Shadowman has on his website the device appears to be the same. Note that the system has various size rubber adapters that allow it to seal onto the filler necks of most systems.
 

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Beach-GT said:
... I still can't figure out how you would get trapped air out of the radiator without a radiator cap. Sucking up the hoses ain't going to do it. The air needs to be forced out by high fluid flow or something if you can't relieve it directly...
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Air is a fluid, albeit a compressible fluid, the same as the coolant. If you evacuate the air from the system, there is none left in the radiator. The fact that the radiator, solid tubing, coolant pump, etc. don't collapse, does not mean that air is still in them; their walls are just strong enough to withstand the pressure differential from the external atmospheric pressure.

When you open the system to the refilling coolant, it will fill all of the places where nothing is present, provided that the acceleration due to gravity of the coolant mass is overcome. Otherwise a void may be present of vacuum. A vacuum volume does not act like a restriction as a volume of compressible air at atmospheric pressure would. And, as the coolant system builds its own pressure (due to thermal expansion) the vacuum volume decreases.
 
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RADKITPLUS on the way from Rotunda. I should have it by the weekend. For you DIYers, I'll let you know how it goes.

Best Regards,
Waldo
 
After a minor detour, my Airlift (aka RADKITPLUS) arrived today.



Using it is simple and staightforward. (Note the directions on the inside of the case.)

This is what it looks like drawing the air out of the cooling system:



And drawing the new coolant into the system:





Overall, a "must have" in my book if you work on your gal.

Best Regards,
Waldo
 
Any particular reason you pulled the tire/wheel?
 
fjpikul said:
Any particular reason you pulled the tire/wheel?
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I changed the brake fluid. There's no need to pull the wheels off to change the coolant, but having the front wheels off will give you more room to drop the front splitter and drain the cooling systems.

Best Regards,
Waldo
 
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