Coolant exchange tools via shop air?

The airlift system seems to be popular among the Ferrari crowd

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Airlift works very well

 

You dump the coolant however you normally would. Next you hook the Airlift up to the expansion tank and pull all the air out of the system. Then, with a hose in the bucket of coolant, you flip a valve and all the coolant gets sucked back into the system.

 

I have an Airlift system and it works very well. Never had a problem. Don't ever expect to get the full coolant capacity out when draining the system if draining from the petcocks on the radiators. Measure what you remove and replace the same amount.

 

The Airlift should still work for you. It evacuates the air out of the entire cooling system including the heater core or cores just like evacuating an air conditioning system before adding refrigerant. The new coolant gets drawn into the entire system to fill all the voids. I have successfully used mine on some of the most difficult vehicles to refill like my Lotus Elise and it has worked every time. I never even have to top up the coolant after running the engine for the first time, the entire system is completely filled.
The only thing that is shocking to see are all the collapsed cooling system hoses all over the vehicle after applying the vacuum but it doesn't harm them and they all expand again once the new coolant is drawn into the system. The only thing that can go wrong is if you let your bucket of new coolant run too low exposing the filling hose which will pull air into the system and leave air pockets. As long as you keep refilling your bucket with coolant during the filling process until the system stops drawing it in, the Airlift will work flawlessly.

 

Can anyone please post a link to an Airlift system? Thanks.

 

Here is one on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/UView-550000-Airlift-Cooling-Checker/dp/B0002SRH5G
There are also cheaper copies out there too like this one: https://www.amazon.com/ARES-15027-Cooling-System-Refill/dp/B07VWY1PSP/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=B07VWY1PSP&psc=1 but I don't know if the copies are any good.

 

I've had the Schwaben Coolant Vacuum Fill Tool for several years and have used it successfully on my 308GT4, BMW 850i and Jeep Grand Cherokee. Makes those biennial coolant changes a breeze. There is an extraction outflow hose so that any fluid pulled out during the vacuum phase can be dumped in a pail, but I've never used it to extract the entire contents of the cooling system. I think some other versions specifically allow this to be done.

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