Coolant Flush Quick Question
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From: Central VA
When I flushed mine I took the starter loose and swung it out of the way. But I also had to get a drill in there to drill out the plug. I don't think you need to worry much about it getting wet, but you could always slide a piece of metal flashing or some sort of flexible plastic in there to protect/redirect. Borrow one of those thin flexy cutting boards from the kitchen...
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From: Douglassville, PA
When I flushed mine I took the starter loose and swung it out of the way. But I also had to get a drill in there to drill out the plug. I don't think you need to worry much about it getting wet, but you could always slide a piece of metal flashing or some sort of flexible plastic in there to protect/redirect. Borrow one of those thin flexy cutting boards from the kitchen...
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You know, I've yet to ever flush the cooling system on mine in the 4 years and 100k miles I've owned it. The rad and coolant were basically new from the last owner after the truck was in a front ender. However with a new water pump and degas bottle going in sooner or later, it will be half emptied out already. I've been diligent about testing it with the strips and adding the VC-8 as needed and the colors on the strip always come back okay. Is there something else I'm missing here? I know the ELC stuff is good for several hundred thousand miles but mine has an engine serial number that says it needs the standard green stuff and I've never felt like tempting fate with that one, much as I'd have preferred to do that switch a long time ago.
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From: Douglassville, PA
You know, I've yet to ever flush the cooling system on mine in the 4 years and 100k miles I've owned it. The rad and coolant were basically new from the last owner after the truck was in a front ender. However with a new water pump and degas bottle going in sooner or later, it will be half emptied out already. I've been diligent about testing it with the strips and adding the VC-8 as needed and the colors on the strip always come back okay. Is there something else I'm missing here? I know the ELC stuff is good for several hundred thousand miles but mine has an engine serial number that says it needs the standard green stuff and I've never felt like tempting fate with that one, much as I'd have preferred to do that switch a long time ago.
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I'm doing the same - maintaining the green coolant, expecting something to go like a water pump, oil cooler seals, injector cups (God forbid) that will require a coolant flush. Haven't wanted to spend money on ELC given these possibilities.
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