How much coolant does the 3800 need?

[Freebeer187]

As most of you know i'm going to knock out my lim gasket hopefully this weekend. I need to know how much coolant the car will need.

At the moment I have one of these:

Here is my plan. I need a good coolant flush. A water hose isnt going to cut it. A friend of mine who works at Midas is going to flush the coolant for me. He recommends that I get my coolant flushed AFTER the lim gasket repair. He also tells me to come back in one month for one more flush to get and extra lingering gunk. He says dex cool and be a real pain and one flush inst enough.

Only thing is that I am worried the "jelly" or gunk thats in there now is going to clog, or cause problems when trying to dump the coolant.

So heres the plan:
1. Get lim gasket done and drain coolant without machine.
2. flush coolant W/machine (few days later)

Does the above look in order?

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[M@]

get rid of dex

green FTW

how much coolant? Whole bunch

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Go pick up another premixed jug of coolant, 1 wont be enough. Other than that you should be fine. Just get the coolant flushed once, no need to waste money.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Theres nothing wrong with dexcool, the gunk is the result of shitty gaskets designed by GM.

 

[smug]

the owners manual tells you how much coolant you need.

 

[Freebeer187]

Go pick up another premixed jug of coolant, 1 wont be enough. Other than that you should be fine. Just get the coolant flushed once, no need to waste money.

Its free

the owners manual tells you how much coolant you need.

Don't have one

 

[smug]

i usually buy 2 gallons of the regular coolant, not the premixed, and mix it myself, you will have extra. Twice as much coolant for cheaper.

 

[M@]

Theres nothing wrong with dexcool, the gunk is the result of shitty gaskets designed by GM.

I suppose all the class-action suits are a coincidence then?

Dex blows, if you want coolant sludge gumming up the works, keep using it.
There are no drawbacks to using the green shit, save for the absence of sludge, and the increase in cooling system performance...

 

[M@]

i usually buy 2 gallons of the regular coolant, not the premixed, and mix it myself, you will have extra. Twice as much coolant for cheaper.

word.

the premixed shit is for suckers, they hose the shit out of you on it. If you can't mix two liquids on your own, you should turn in your wrenches anyway.

 

[sells98GT]

Uhh you're gonna want to drain the coolant out before you pull the LIM otherwise you're gonna have more problems than you started with.

My offer still stands if you want me to do this for you. My schedule is starting to get busy so the sooner the better.