SS 8 years old should I flush the Radiator?
06-20-2008, 03:02 AM
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How exactly will i know when the "thermostat opens?" Is that just saying when you start the car, and the fluid reaches it? I'm kinda confused, lol. So fill up the radiator with water through the fill cap, start the car, and how long am I supposed to wait before i shut the car off, and drain the dirty water? Also when you fill it back up, do you .. Fill it to the top, start the car, let it flow through, shut it off, top it off again, and repeat until it stops dropping down? (fill up with the car off i assume?)
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06-20-2008, 03:21 AM
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How exactly will i know when the "thermostat opens?" Is that just saying when you start the car, and the fluid reaches it? I'm kinda confused, lol. So fill up the radiator with water through the fill cap, start the car, and how long am I supposed to wait before i shut the car off, and drain the dirty water? Also when you fill it back up, do you .. Fill it to the top, start the car, let it flow through, shut it off, top it off again, and repeat until it stops dropping down? (fill up with the car off i assume?)
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06-20-2008, 03:25 AM
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also OP the noise ur car was making was most likely the water pump bearings, if it runs dry it will make a squeaky noise! and i hope u made sure that ALL the air was out the system or else the car will overheat!! and the dex cool crap actually makes run a tad bit hotter becasue of its concentration, the green coolent has been used for decades and is well known. and as for u loosing power? i dont see how that is possible unless u overheated the **** out of the motor! i mean overheating it to red!! not just reaching a bit over 210. it could also be that the water pump might start to seize up if the noise continues.
06-20-2008, 05:40 PM
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also OP the noise ur car was making was most likely the water pump bearings, if it runs dry it will make a squeaky noise! and i hope u made sure that ALL the air was out the system or else the car will overheat!! and the dex cool crap actually makes run a tad bit hotter becasue of its concentration, the green coolent has been used for decades and is well known. and as for u loosing power? i dont see how that is possible unless u overheated the **** out of the motor! i mean overheating it to red!! not just reaching a bit over 210. it could also be that the water pump might start to seize up if the noise continues.
06-23-2008, 08:48 PM
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Even if you start it first you can still wait quite along time and still be able to take it off. It takles some time to get hot and to build pressure. But take it off first, then start it.
