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engine flush
Posted: July 16th, 2005, 5:15 am
by lucky13
Has anyone done an engine flush? Sometimes I see the reservoir with brown dirty water. I think it keeps on clogging up the radiator.
Posted: July 16th, 2005, 12:16 pm
by DavidOS
if you mean your rad is clogged then your looking for a rad flush. you can
get any jiffy lube or whatever your drive through lube shops are for like 30 bucks. 10 minutes job and its done.
Posted: July 16th, 2005, 3:01 pm
by mitmaks
you mean brown coolant? did you check oil? does it look milky? maybe a sign of blown head gasket
Posted: July 16th, 2005, 5:47 pm
by mdavis
When I first did my swap the only problem was that the coolant wasn't flowing through the block. I borrowed a ratiator water gun from a friend's shop and blew that s--- out. kinda cool
Re: engine flush
Posted: July 16th, 2005, 10:12 pm
by neutral
lucky13 wrote:Has anyone done an engine flush? Sometimes I see the reservoir with brown dirty water. I think it keeps on clogging up the radiator.
Yea, you're talking about a radiator flush rather than engine flush. Brown discolored coolant usually indicates old coolant and rusty corrosion/scaling in the cooling system. You can get a professional power flush or for DIY, try a bottle of rad flush from any autoparts store. Just be sure to follow the flush-mftr directions and be sure the system runs clear before refilling with fresh coolant.