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post May 12, 2008 - 4:05 AM
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Hanyo

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how do you properly flush the cooling system of a car?

I know the basics like hook up a garden hose and run water through the system as the engine is runing and heater on to help remove all the rust and containaments in there.

But what do you do with all that radiator fluid? You can't just let that drain into the storm drains.


And your not suppose to get hard water into the cooling system, that is why distilled water is needed. And flushing the cooling with gallons and gallons of distilled water will be very costly....

What about those chemicals you can buy?

What is the best way to do it? To be honest i dont trust those jiffy lube shops to flush my car, they probably wont use distilled water...

 
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post May 12, 2008 - 7:26 PM
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all i do is drain freeze,ran water through system,then put coolant in and run the engine for a while and add more and thats it!!!


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- Hanyo   flush cooling system?   May 12, 2008 - 4:05 AM
- - hurley97   yeah but jiffy lube won't use a garden hose g...   May 12, 2008 - 5:47 AM
- - Bitter   dealer wont use distilled either lol, they'll ...   May 12, 2008 - 7:37 AM
- - GriffGirl   Not for nothin, but sometimes you do what you gott...   May 12, 2008 - 9:10 AM
- - azian_advanced   i flushed my system using a garden hose through th...   May 12, 2008 - 11:01 AM
- - njccmd2002   how do you exactly connect to the heater hoses   May 12, 2008 - 3:16 PM
- - rjbibeau   they sell a kit with a 3/4" garden thread con...   May 12, 2008 - 4:15 PM
- - CelicaST_CALI   all i do is drain freeze,ran water through system,...   May 12, 2008 - 7:26 PM
- - SilvertopST   I actually work at jiffy lube, and we do the same ...   May 12, 2008 - 7:33 PM
|- - Hanyo   the main reason i ask this question is because peo...   May 14, 2008 - 1:46 AM
- - azian_advanced   i have a narrow garden hose nozzle and i basically...   May 12, 2008 - 7:39 PM
- - SilvertopST   we just use the water from the city, as i'm su...   May 14, 2008 - 1:57 AM
- - mikew04   What do you do with the waste water?   May 14, 2008 - 11:05 AM
- - Bitter   you're all acting like the cooling system need...   May 14, 2008 - 8:52 PM
- - SL44   Previously had a '94 GT that developed a radia...   May 17, 2008 - 5:58 PM
- - njccmd2002   QUOTE (ExSane @ Oct 9, 2006 - 2:20 A...   May 24, 2008 - 8:45 AM
- - 97celiman   hahaha im stuck on step 1   Jul 1, 2008 - 7:41 PM
- - Bitter   does the 7afe have a block drain plug on it somewh...   Jul 1, 2008 - 10:06 PM
- - delusionz   I bought a 10L container of distilled water for my...   Jul 2, 2008 - 5:02 AM
- - Bitter   your body can heal itself, your car can not.   Jul 2, 2008 - 7:17 AM
- - reko   They sell rad cleaner at canadian tire... flush p...   Jul 2, 2008 - 9:37 AM
- - FreddyTheOthaMeat   the way i did my radiator fluid was i A: took radi...   Jul 2, 2008 - 10:56 AM
- - CelicaST_CALI   QUOTE (FreddyTheOthaMeat @ Jul 2, 2008 ...   Jul 2, 2008 - 3:21 PM


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