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Help! I've put brake fluid in my coolant reservoir!

Tiny
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I own A VAUXHALL CORSA 2000 1.2 SXI and i've put brake fluid in my coolant reservoir. The thing is I did this amonth ago and only realsied today.

What do I do. Will this cause major problems?

Why has nothing happened already?

Any help would be very grateful!

thanks
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Saturday, June 16th, 2007 AT 10:41 AM

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Tiny
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How much brake fluid did you put in the coolant? Does the car run all right? If you put a little in the coolant it ashould be ok. If you put a lot it may effect your coolamt efficiency. You say you did this a month ago. How does the car run?
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Saturday, June 16th, 2007 AT 12:17 PM
Tiny
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I've put in a 500ml bottle. I havn't noticed any problems at all.

Do you think I should get my radiator drained or do you think it will dilute with the antifreexe and water that's already in?

Cheers
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Sunday, June 17th, 2007 AT 3:40 AM
Tiny
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If it had been over a month it probably mixed with the anti freeze. If you have any noticable changes in the cooling then I would have the system flushed.
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Sunday, June 17th, 2007 AT 4:15 PM

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