# Coolant level? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** dodge, durango\ **Created:** [August 26, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/coolant-level/35643 "2009-08-26T20:52:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HiVoltg30](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/hivoltg30/32/1413_2.png) [@HiVoltg30](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HiVoltg30)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/coolant-level/35643/1 "2009-08-26T20:52:16Z")
First off, sorry for all the questions? Replaced my radiator, single row, which has the plastic vertical tanks on both sides. The Chilton book says it should hold 3 gallons of 50/50, but I?m only able to squeeze in about 1 1/3 gallons through the top of the radiator, (not the overflow reservoir). Should I be filling one side through the upper hose connection, and then the other side the regular way? Again, many thanks! ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/coolant-level/35643/2 "2009-08-26T21:14:26Z")
Does your system have a burp valve? That’ll be a valve located somewhere in one of the coolant lines at the high point of the system that allows entrapped air to be released. ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/coolant-level/35643/3 "2009-08-26T21:16:14Z")
3 gallons probably includes the coolant inside the engine. Did you completely drain the engine?