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Old 10-24-2010
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i replaced my rad and now i need to fill it with coolant, how much do i buy? and when i fill it, do i just fill the coolant resavoir? or do i pour it straight into the rad?
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id buy 3 gallons of the 50/50 ready pour just to be safe...put it into the rad until it comes to the top...then start truck and squeeze upper hose to help work air out and keep toping it off...then after your done top of the overflow bottle
 
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I have a 1994 ranger xlt. I notice every morning i have a water leak under my engine area? I have been told it is a head gskt leak, im not sure what do you think?, thks MDM
 
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could be a head gasket,cracked head,or cracked block..check your oil and see if its milky...if its milky then its a head gasket,cracked head, or cracked block
 
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