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 Post subject: liberty kj coolant change
PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:16 am 
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Help! :banghead:

I would like to know how to change the coolant in my 2004 Liberty 2.8crd auto.

There does not seem to be a Vm Motori engine manual obtainable anywhere. Jeep Liberty (Cherokee in the UK) manuals don't cover the diesel engines.

I wonder if anyone knows the correct procedure.

Thanking you in advance if you can help.

UPDATE! Entire workshop manual available via a link on a CRD Tech post :BINGO:

I turned radiator petcock/drainplug a quarter anti-clockwise to a stop. A flat plumbers spanner worked best, something that won't allow much force and gets into the space easy. Found it in my dad's garage. However, nothing came out so after a few tries and running out of time, I gave up. This will be a lot messier than I hoped as I will have no option but to pull lower rad hose. I might as well do a flush with distiled water as well.

By the way, when I went to my local Jeep/Chrysler/Mercedes dealer the man at the parts desk said they were having difficulty getting Mopar HOAT antifreeze. He gave me Mercedes-Benz Antifreeze Spec 325.0. He said it's the same thing (I think it's their long life 15 year stuff). He gave me 5 liters (undiluted) saying I wouldn't need any more. Didn't think this was enough, I've been told approx. 11 liters comes out when you pull bottom hose. So I bought the smaller bottle of 1.5 litres as well. He also told me Mercedes only use one type of antifreeze.

The gentleman who kindly replied to this post suggesting I move it to somewhere where it might stand a chance of being replied to is obviously absolutely right. The problem is I don't know how and I've spent so much time writing this, I need to go and do something else (like eat, sleep, pick the kids up from school etc).

I'll post again after I change the coolant.

Cheers!



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 Post subject: Re: liberty kj coolant change
PostPosted: Mon May 02, 2011 7:36 pm 
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Hello and welcome to LOST :D
If you post your question under the CRD section, I'm sure that those guys can answer your question pretty easy.
I've never had any experience on the CRD.

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