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Brians256 · 06-10-2008, 01:09 PM

The correct and short answer is: As Needed.

Unfortunately, you'll have to adjust the schedule for your particular system due to temperature, ambient biologicals and their growth speed, type and amount of various metals, composition of your coolant and other miscellaneous factors.

If it was my system, I'd take a look at 30 days and put it back together if there was no perceived change to the fluid and surfaces. You can go all technical and see if the buffers are exhausted but I don't know how to easily test it. If all was well, I'd check again in another 30 days, and so on.

Theoretically, you should be able to go 6 months to a year if you have enough coolant and thus antifreeze to buffer against corrosion. I'd still check on it since your last system showed such obvious signs of degradation.

06-10-2008, 01:09 PM	#19
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	Re: Please HELP The correct and short answer is: As Needed. Unfortunately, you'll have to adjust the schedule for your particular system due to temperature, ambient biologicals and their growth speed, type and amount of various metals, composition of your coolant and other miscellaneous factors. If it was my system, I'd take a look at 30 days and put it back together if there was no perceived change to the fluid and surfaces. You can go all technical and see if the buffers are exhausted but I don't know how to easily test it. If all was well, I'd check again in another 30 days, and so on. Theoretically, you should be able to go 6 months to a year if you have enough coolant and thus antifreeze to buffer against corrosion. I'd still check on it since your last system showed such obvious signs of degradation.