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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:26 pm 
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Oh well. I dont have a timing gun.
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:07 pm 
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$43 for a genuine thermostat and gasket from Ford?

 

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:37 am 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
$43 for a genuine thermostat and gasket from Ford?


Nah it was a $1 gasket from Ford and a $37 thermostat from Battens Performance Tuning.

 

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:37 pm 
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I tought they went for about $13. Hopefully she'll run a bit warmer now though.

 

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:09 pm 
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To get most of the old stuff out, what you should do is dump as much coolant that'll come out as possible then refill with water. Drive until the thermostat opens, then dump again, so most of the old coolant that was behind the thermostat comes out. Then fill with coolant mix.

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:14 am 
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To get most of the old stuff out, what you should do is dump as much coolant that'll come out as possible then refill with water. Drive until the thermostat opens, then dump again, so most of the old coolant that was behind the thermostat comes out. Then fill with coolant mix.


Can you just run a hose thru the motor and the radiator to get the same effect? Clean each seperately...

 

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