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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 06:29 AM
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I am going to be changing out my enging and was wondering about how many gallons i need to coolant I need to buy to put back in after i put the new engine in.

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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 10:42 PM
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i would guesstimate if you buy 2 gallons of concentrated antifreeze (so 4 gallons with water) that should be sufficient. but there are variables sometimes k5 blazers have thin little 1 core radiators and ive seen them with those gigantic diesel 4 core ones that would probably take all 4 gallons.
 
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