V8 Water Capacity

Ralphh85 · Post by **Ralphh85** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:27 am

anyone know about how much water a rover V8 holds in its coolant system? roughly?

Ralph

Ian Anderson · Post by **Ian Anderson** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:36 pm

16 Litres in the GT40 - but that is mid engine with long pipes to front radiator

Ian

Ralphh85 · Post by **Ralphh85** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:37 pm

mines same, mid engined, i know my pipes hold about 4L, not sure about the rad/engine tho.

i think its about same capacity. pipes are 29mm ish ID

Ralph

SuperV8 · Post by **SuperV8** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:51 pm

16L, wow, mines about 5 - 6L or just less than a square washing up bowl

Thats in a front engined Dax Rush.

Tom.

DaveEFI · Post by **DaveEFI** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:44 pm

Ralphh85 wrote:anyone know about how much water a rover V8 holds in its coolant system? roughly?

Ralph

My SD1 takes 11 litres including heater and expansion tank. The rad on its own approx 3 litres.

So a guess would be approx 7 litres for just the engine and hoses.

ChrisJC · Post by **ChrisJC** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:01 pm

Range Rover 4.6 P38 takes 11.3 litres.

Chris.

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