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So something URGENT: I'm watching a video on how to do this radiator change. It says to take off an anscillary (sp?) hose and two transmission hoses from the radiator. I don't have those 3 things...am I supposed to?
In lighter news, found out it has a block heater. The plug was tucked up and I didn't see it
In lighter news, found out it has a block heater. The plug was tucked up and I didn't see it
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Well, my new radiator is in. The original radiator had a bolt going into the ancillary hole. Not even sure what an ancillary hose is to be honest...and I'm guessing the two transmission hoses are for if I have a transmission cooler? Which, I don't believe I have. All in all, it went pretty smooth. Judging off that thread someone referred me to, I was expecting to put four gallons of coolant and then like 15-20 gallons of distilled water but I barely used one gallon of water
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With rare exception, for the last 50-ish years, automatic transmissions have coolers in the radiator and manual transmissions don't. Some automatics have separate external coolers, either along with the one in the radiator or in place of it. And the ZF-5's successor, the ZF-6, has a cooler, but TBH, I don't know whether it's implemented as an in-radiator cooler or an external stand-alone. Probably depends on the vehicle in which it's installed. Long way of saying no, you won't have tranny cooler lines to connect. One more advantage to having a ZF-5; one less thing to break/fail.
The 15-20 gallons of distilled water are used in the flushing process. That's to flush out any old coolant, and any tap water if used for the initial flushing. If it only took one gallon of water after adding four gallons of anti-freeze, then you still had a lot of water, or old coolant, in the system somewhere. Did you follow the "gooch" procedure?
The 15-20 gallons of distilled water are used in the flushing process. That's to flush out any old coolant, and any tap water if used for the initial flushing. If it only took one gallon of water after adding four gallons of anti-freeze, then you still had a lot of water, or old coolant, in the system somewhere. Did you follow the "gooch" procedure?
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The whole cooling system only holds 8 gallons.
