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Originally Posted by ghostzfh
I solved my own question and posted it on stack exchange mainly because I couldn't get any real answers here. If you're interested, it's at this link ---> https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/...antly-replaced
@ ermax, I think you meant "shouldn't", and I don't know, I just checked and my coolant reservoir is at the low mark. I will more than likely add some in and frequently check for any changes. My question is unspecific to any issue.
@ mav1178 I'm not sure what you mean by this ---> "Topping off when needed" is great if it was pure water and nothing else..."
@ Capt Spaulding I encourage you to read my post on stackexchange. You may have a different perspective on the issue. |
My response was meant as a joke. I.E. a car that is in such bad shape that it's hemorrhaging coolant and oil so fast that you are, indeed, constantly replacing it, has problems far beyond what a fluid change can address.
To the extent that your initial question, "What is the point of changing coolant if it's getting constantly replaced?" could be answered it was addressed early in the discussion. 1) It's NOT getting constantly replaced, so 2) Its anti-corrosion properties degrade with time and "use" 3) and the degraded chemical compounds (combined with other foreign matter) precipitate out of the solution and need to be removed from the system and replaced by fresh fluid.
In essence, you could not answer your own question because it contains a faulty assumption - that the coolant is "constantly being replaced."