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10-11-2008, 02:33 AM
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Changing coolant soon
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Join Date: Dec 2007
City: Fulton
State: Mississippi
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and any tips guys? never kept a car long enough to need a change but mine is due one. |
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10-11-2008, 09:05 AM
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Re: Changing coolant soon
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postarama
Join Date: Aug 2003
City: Southaven
State: Mississippi
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10-11-2008, 05:53 PM
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Re: Changing coolant soon
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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i think flushing might be a good idea too don't ya think? |
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10-11-2008, 07:13 PM
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Re: Changing coolant soon
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Join Date: Oct 2004
City: Dallas PA
State: Pennsylvania
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I just ran water through my radiator, plugged it and filled it all the way. Let the car run until it opened up and redrained. I didn't use any of that cooling system flush, heard bad things about it.
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10-13-2008, 09:32 AM
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Re: Changing coolant soon
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WTF^^...
Join Date: May 2003
City: Hoover / Florence
State: Alabama
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if it REALLY needs it (more than say 25k miles between changes) I would probably drain the block as well as the radiator, there are two bolt holes generally one on each side of the block you can take out and drain coolant from.
after that the entire block should be clean, but you can run some distilled water through it to clean it out some more if you wish~ i wouldnt do tap though.
After that do a 50/50 premix fill of any time (IMO at least) and fill her back up.
You can get a shop to vacuum it and suck it through (what I did worked great) or you can just fill and get air out of it etc etc until its good just make SURE all the air is out of it.
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10-13-2008, 01:01 PM
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Re: Changing coolant soon
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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i've heard of using distilled water when filling it back up. sounds like a good idea seeing that you have no idea what is in tap water. |
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10-13-2008, 01:13 PM
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Re: Changing coolant soon
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WTF^^...
Join Date: May 2003
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50/50 mix you dont have to worry its distilled and ready to go
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10-14-2008, 12:41 AM
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Re: Changing coolant soon
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Join Date: Dec 2007
City: Fulton
State: Mississippi
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but i'm paying only a dollar less for a bottle that is half water. |
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10-14-2008, 09:29 AM
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Re: Changing coolant soon
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The Internet Badass
Join Date: Feb 2007
City: St Louis
State: Missouri
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Its easier plus it pre mixed. You might be paying a dollar less for the pre mix but your not stuck buying the gallon or so of distilled water, plus the antifreeze.
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10-14-2008, 10:15 AM
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Re: Changing coolant soon
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Deranged
Join Date: Jan 2005
City: Largo
State: Florida
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Great Point 
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