Mechanical Coolant flush
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Mechanical Coolant flush
So I stopped by a local radiator repair shop today (very well known & good)
walked in and asked the guy if they could flush the Ford 6.0 .... he kinda shrugged and said yup we can.
I asked if it would be a thorough process....he said yeah ..... we use a solution and a machine to perform the process.
I asked what kind of coolant did they use to refill the system .... he said it wouldn't be the silica based junk so I am assuming that it would be a better coolant
I asked how much ..... he said around $140
Told him thanks and left ..... I just wanted to see if they could/would do it.
wonder if this would cause any problems having this done?
I was thinking that if they use a machine to clean the entire cooling system then it would remove all of the old coolant + any deposits.
walked in and asked the guy if they could flush the Ford 6.0 .... he kinda shrugged and said yup we can.
I asked if it would be a thorough process....he said yeah ..... we use a solution and a machine to perform the process.
I asked what kind of coolant did they use to refill the system .... he said it wouldn't be the silica based junk so I am assuming that it would be a better coolant
I asked how much ..... he said around $140
Told him thanks and left ..... I just wanted to see if they could/would do it.
wonder if this would cause any problems having this done?
I was thinking that if they use a machine to clean the entire cooling system then it would remove all of the old coolant + any deposits.
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Sounds cool but I would want to know more first. Obviously they aren't stopping up heater cores but those coolant passages are larger than our oil/EGR coolers. Have they done a 6.0
before?
before?
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From: nola
ive used these machines before back when i was a tech and normaly we didnt touch ford trucks because of all of the many hoses and bypasses. the way it works is you fill a canister with a little more coolant than the vehicle holds and disconnect a hose at either side of the cooling system and use compressed air to push the new coolant trough untill the tank was almost empty and walah entire system has fresh coolant and trash is pushed out. only problem is it pushes the trash through the whole system
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Actually the way he explained it to me was that they hook the machine up........ add cleaning chemical........ run machine till water flows clean..........the flush system one more.time to remove residuals........then add new coolant
