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bry40l wrote: dat111 wrote: thanks for that, i called up a rad shop in gosford and they want 190 dollars id rather pay 30 bucks for coolant and maybe 6 bucks for water use. Ill be doing it this saturday do you remove top of bottom ive never done a falcon radatior flush only commodores, also how do you bleed the air out as i cant seeem to find a nipple? you just fill the engine up with water, and squeeze the top rad hose until its full of water instead of air, all the air bubbles will surface to the header tank, then run the car with the rad cap off, at idle until the engine gets to running temp, give it a few revs if you want to get the water moving around, top up if needed, thats all i do, drop the lower hose if you can get to it so the water can drain right out of the rad, and just flush water through the top i guess, i dont do a reverse flush unless its under presssure, i usually just run cold water through the system to clean the dirty water out, otherwise i leave it to the proffessionals, you will need to remove the top hose to take the thermostat out to put cold water into the head to clean the old water out While bleeding air pockets out of the cooling system you should have the heater turned on MAX in the car. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| dat111 |
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thanks for that pakrat ill only run it for 10mins as it isnt to bad
and thanks fairmont i forgot that!! Im keen to do the coolant flush |
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also run the heater when you put that flush stuff in, and also when your running fresh water in the rad turn the heater on to clean the sludgy coolant out of it
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sorry for the thread dig.
ive dropped the coolant, taken the thermo stat out fillled it with water and put the rad flush in it, and ran it for around 15-20mins. so after i drop it what is next? |
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I'd run the hose through the engine an rad to get out all the sealup, re conect all hoses, re install the thermo and fill it up with coolant.
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you wouldnt have an idea how much coolant they take? i brought 5lt coolant bottle
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Put the whole lot of that in and the rest with water.
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Pakrat wrote: Put the whole lot of that in and the rest with water. That would depend on if he bought 5 litre of coolant concentrate or a 5 litre pre mixed bottle. If it is a pre mixed ready to fill one you will need another 2x5 litre bottles.
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| Pakrat |
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Ah yea. True true.
I used to use 2 if those concentrated nulon 700ml bottles and water. |
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it was repco coolant non pre mixed,i put 3 litres in and toped the rest up with water but it seems that i didnt get it all out? i think it may have been around 3-5 litres of water that went in but the coolants nice and green so im happy:)
took it for a test run the gauge went up to the bar below the L so i assume thats good? |
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