/snip >Flushing cold water through the engine while it was hot or running is >the ideal method to crack and warp heads. Why do people do this? /snip more/ >The heads and upper cylinders will get well over 210, >which will flash vapor plain water in an open system. >Dennis
Here here, BTDT, don't try this at home unless you're handy with a head gasket replacement. JB '89 Wolfsburg x 2 (one blew a head gasket while trying to flush system when warm...wasn't the hose pressure but the steam pressure that did it) |
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