jackb
08-05-2007, 05:14 PM
I'm pulling my radiator and cleaning it as soon as the rain stops.
This is how I was planning on flushing the system after I reinstall it:
-I am going to install a T-fitting in the coolant hose that goes from the heater core to the rad (bottom pass side)
-Disconnect the line that flows hot coolant from the top of the motor to the top of the rad (drivers side)
-Connect a hose to the T-fitting, turn on the hose, turn on the engine.
-When it gets hot, the thermostat should open, and the water from the hose should travel through the block, and exit out the hose on top of the motor that I have disconnected.
-When the coolant has finished being flushed, there should be only water coming out the top hose.
-Turn off the motor, turn off the hose.
-Reconnect all the lines, and fill with coolant normally
Sound like a plan?
Also, how much trans fluid will come out of the rad when I disconnect those lines?
This is how I was planning on flushing the system after I reinstall it:
-I am going to install a T-fitting in the coolant hose that goes from the heater core to the rad (bottom pass side)
-Disconnect the line that flows hot coolant from the top of the motor to the top of the rad (drivers side)
-Connect a hose to the T-fitting, turn on the hose, turn on the engine.
-When it gets hot, the thermostat should open, and the water from the hose should travel through the block, and exit out the hose on top of the motor that I have disconnected.
-When the coolant has finished being flushed, there should be only water coming out the top hose.
-Turn off the motor, turn off the hose.
-Reconnect all the lines, and fill with coolant normally
Sound like a plan?
Also, how much trans fluid will come out of the rad when I disconnect those lines?