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  1. Join Date
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    #1
    Quote Originally Posted by K.I.L.L. View Post
    If your engine isn't operating at optimum temperature, wouldn't it strain your engine and make it work harder? Why do you want to bring the temperature down? Is your vehicle a daily driver?
    If you overload your vehicle, in the cases of delivery fleets and reefer vans, every bit of heat exchange performance counts.

    Not a lot of room to put in a larger radiator underneath an L300 or Isuzu truck-van.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EVO-V View Post
    If you overload your vehicle, in the cases of delivery fleets and reefer vans, every bit of heat exchange performance counts.

    Not a lot of room to put in a larger radiator underneath an L300 or Isuzu truck-van.
    We actually refitted our isuzu elf with a 4be1 engine with a bigger radiator. Maluwang pa eh. New brackets for the bottom holder of the radiator lang but from 2 rows naging 5 rows na ngayon. It was consistently having overheat problems due to a small problem with the cylinder head that can't be refaced anymore. Now we don't have any more problems with overheating. Although a converted van like this one may actually have a smaller radiator to begin with.

    I use yung extended life coolant from Caltex. From what is readily available, it is bang for the buck imho since good for 5 years or 200,000kms of use for 50% dilution. It's just me though.

    But yeah, there may be better coolants out there.

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