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Alde Heating Fluid Replacement, 2019 Swift Motorhome
Alde wet heating fluid / coolant replacement. This is our 2019 Swift Kontiki 650 motorhome. As the warranty has now expired I thought I would save some cash and do it myself. The coolant is a ready mixed Triple QX purple antifreeze / coolant, I bought from Ebay for £71.37 for 15 Litres from user titan_racing.
I bought a 12 volt pump from eBay for £10 from user yierda, I already owned the battery pack. I then bought 2 John Guest speed fit 22mm to 15mm elbows and pipe inserts from B and Q for £10.21. I cut up some old hose pipe I already had.
I have recorded every step of the replacement with the exception of how long it took to replace the fluid with new, it took about 15 minutes to replace about 12.5 litres. After the system had cooled I had to top up the expansion tank a few days later as the fluid dropped below the minimum level. All was fired up again on our last outing all all was good, van was very toasty indeed.
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