Coolent Flush This Weekend

[250mav]

Well the winter months will be upon us soon and I thought now would be a good time to flush the block and rad out and also put a new stat in while I'm at it. I've only had the car since April so who knows how old the antifreez is. anyway if anybody has any tips, tricks or product recomedations I'd aperciate it. Thanks

 

[addo]

Please collect the old coolant and dispose of responsibly. Animals get attracted to drinking it, and it kills them.

 

[CobraSix]

Like adam said...collect all the coolant and take it to local HazMat center. Most local land fills have oil/coolant disposal if your local auto parts store doesn't. I know any place in MA that sells motor oil has to be able to dispose of oil brought in by customers.

I also suggest getting a flushing kit from a parts store. It's like $5-10 but it is work it since it makes it easier to put a water hose inline with the cooling system for a better flush instead of a drain/refill.

Honestly though, I'd just take it to a Jiffy Lube type place and have them do it so you don't have to worry abotu catching and then disposing of all the coolant. If you do a real good flush, you'll need to catch about 5-10 gallons of fluid if you are like me and catch it all just incase there is any anti-freeze still in the water.

Slade

 

[Anonymous]

In addition to the flush kit and maybe some flush additives which nowadays are primarily a surfactant package, I would remove the threaded block drain plug on the passengers side of the engine. Drain the system, Flush and drain with the additives, repeat if necessary, and flush again with the drain plug removed to help remove any debrish.
Use distilled water with your anti-freeze when you refill.
Doug

 

[250mav]

ok thanks for the help. I thought they made antifreeze now that had a bad taste to animals now, not that I planned on throwing it in the woods anyway. How do you guys feel about drilling a "burp hole" in the the new t stat?