VANAGON archives -- April 2005, week 3 (#24)

Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:41:08 -0400 Reply-To: tabe johnson <xtabe@YAHOO.COM> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> Comments: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys From: tabe johnson <xtabe@YAHOO.COM> Subject: Flushing the Coolant System Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

In the next week or two I will be removing my engine. I'm going to take the opportunity to flush the cooling system at the same time.

I've read through the archives and have found basically three methods of flushing:

1) Drain the radiator repeatedly 2) Add an aftermarket tee somewhere in one of the heater loops 3) Disconnect heater & rad hoses and backflush

I'm leaning toward either #2 with no thermostat or #3. #1 sounds like a lot of work, and #2 with a thermostat won't clean the whole cooling system.

Any comments/suggestions?

tabe johnson 87 westy/vancouver bc/xtabe@yahoo.com

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