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Changing Coolant - Did I mess it up?

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Hi,

I noticed this morning that my coolant level was super low and the fluid was black, not good. So I looked on youtube for a tutorial on how to do a coolant system flush.

Because the coolant drain screw wouldn't come out (it's plastic and the screw head just wore out when i tried to remove it), I did it in a bit of a rouge way:

1) I removed the bottom radiator hose, and drained out any fluid
2) Removed the top hose, then ran water from my garden hose into it until the fluid coming out of the bottom was clear
3) put both hoses back in, filled up with coolant, ran the engine to get any air out and filled up again

I'm wondering whether I messed it up because i only put 2.5 litres of new coolant in, when the manual says it takes 5 litres. Any idea where i might be going wrong?

Cheers
 
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