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Old 01-16-2010, 05:18 AM
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So i had an issue with what i thought was my water pump......i drained the coolant and removed it and saw that my pass side gasket was a shot. replaced it and used some prestone radiator flush. did what the bottle said and drained it.......but maybe a quart or less of the fluid drained out.
what should i do????????
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Remove the drain **** completely...probably full of radiator snot.
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did that. let it go over night. more came out but i dont think that its equal. im running water thru the system now. then im gonna go from there. thanks for the help.
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did that. let it go over night. more came out but i dont think that its equal. im running water thru the system now. then im gonna go from there. thanks for the help.
With the petcock valve completely out.....take your garden hose and blast it directly into the petcock opening.

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Buy a new radiator, it is sludggy,
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Pressurize it with a garden hose with the petcock completely out like he said.




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