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18382602/05/0517:3091flush radiator://adding distilled?
22353203/07/0108:5415Radiator flush
22358203/07/0117:3840Re: Radiator flush
24499304/04/1320:3723uncle ron's radiator flush
24499504/04/1323:5641Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
24499604/04/1321:2465Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
24501404/04/1409:3918Re: uncle ron's(not MY uncle) radiator flush
24502004/04/1408:1944Re: uncle ron's(not MY uncle) radiator flush
24502104/04/1408:2284Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
24502204/04/1408:27126Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
24503604/04/1410:1271Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
24921504/06/0209:1941kings canyon camping and citric acid radiator flush
33377207/08/2609:1814Radiator flush substance ...
33377707/08/2613:0117Re: Radiator flush substance ...
Item #183826 (5 May 2002 17:30) - flush radiator://adding distilled?
 From: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: flush radiator://adding distilled?
Mime-Version: 1.0
it has an inline coupling instead. Replace this coupling with one of those
"radiator flush fittings" available at any autoparts store. (If I remember
right, it's a 5/8 hose size. At any rate, they only cost about a buck.) If
you put the flush fitting in with the engine cold, the coolant cap on tight
and the heater control set to cold, only a small amount of coolant will come
out.
</PRE><PRE>1b.ALTERNATE OPTION: attach a y-splitter (got mine at Home Depot) </PRE><PRE>that splits one hose into two hoses (total of three hoses) </PRE><PRE>and has a valve on each split so you can control water flow. </PRE><PRE>You can attach this to your flush fitting (tee). </PRE><PRE>Using the valves you can empty out a gallon at a time </PRE><PRE>and pour each gallon into a five gallon bucket. So you don't have </PRE><PRE>to tilt your five gallon bucket and worry about coolant spilling out. </PRE><PRE>Also you can measure how much coolant comes out and get an idea of how much </PRE><PRE>coolant/water is left in the system. (remember the overflow holds some). </PRE><PRE>So, I'm thinking I could calculate how much moroso would be left in the system</PRE><PRE>One bottle/16.9 quarts = x/(how much is left after draining)</PRE><PRE>2. To drain coolant, open the coolant cap in the engine compartment. (the one
insude the engine compartment, not the one behind the license plate. Set the
heater control to heat, and REMOVE the bleeder screw on the top of the
radiator. (Behind the front top grille.) Remove the cap on the flush fitting.
Catch the coolant in a bucket. CAUTION, the green coolant is poisonous to
illegal to dump the stuff on the ground in most places.
</PRE><PRE>3. To flush the system, you need to make up a short piece of garden hose with
a female thread on each end (or whatever quick connect your garden hose uses
on one end.) The point is you need to be able to connect your hose to the
flush fitting.
</PRE><PRE>4. Connect your garden hose to the flush fitting. Make sure the coolant cap
is off and the radiator bleeder is removed. Turn on the water VERY slowly so
that it flows VERY slowly. The stream of water coming out of an open hose-end
on.
</PRE><PRE>8. Drain the system by removing the hose from the flush fitting. Re-connect
the hose, but don't turn on the water. Pour two gallons (about eight litres)
in the engine compartment, put the cap on.
</PRE><PRE>8. Go look at the bleeder hole at the top of the radiator, when it stops
sputtering air, and the fluid coming out of it is no longer clear, turn off
the engine and the garden hose. Put the bleeder screw back in.
</PRE><PRE>9. Remove the hose from the flush fitting and replace it with the cap that
came with the fitting. Don't forget the gasket that goes inside the cap! If
liter engine or even on a van with a diesel or an inline engine conversion.
The hardest part of the system to flush is the heater cores and the radiator,
not the engine. There is enough flow through the bleeder opening in the

Item #223532 (1 Jul 2003 08:54) - Radiator flush
 From: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject: Radiator flush
Mime-version: 1.0

Radiator not cooling as well as it used to.

Any specific recommendations on what to flush the cooling system with?

Item #223582 (1 Jul 2003 17:38) - Re: Radiator flush
 From: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject: Re: Radiator flush
Comments: To: kdlewis_wasting_time@access4less.net
> Mike;
> I highley recommend removing the radiator and taking it to a
> professional who can "blast" it out. Trying to flush the
> system on my 86 and 85 made matters worse. You will have to
> ----- Original Message Follows -----
>> Radiator not cooling as well as it used to.
>>
>> Any specific recommendations on what to flush the cooling
>> system with?

Item #244993 (13 Apr 2004 20:37) - uncle ron's radiator flush
 From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: uncle ron's radiator flush
MIME-Version: 1.0
Does anyone have any experiences with busdepot
radiator flush. Will it help on a three year old
radiator that may be plugged by someone adding
stopleak? How many units should I use? or am I wasting

Item #244995 (13 Apr 2004 23:56) - Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
 From: Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject: Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
Comments: To: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
new, and you are running hot, its not the rad. You would have had
to dump pure mud in it, and at 3 years old, that would easily flush
out. What clogs a rad. is the constant heating and cooling in the rad.
> Does anyone have any experiences with busdepot
> radiator flush. Will it help on a three year old
> radiator that may be plugged by someone adding
> stopleak? How many units should I use? or am I wasting

Item #244996 (13 Apr 2004 21:24) - Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
 From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
Comments: cc: vw4x4@FYI.NET
heading up to oregon near Redding. Any home made
flush remedies welcome, I am thinking orange peels and
lemon. That citrus approach that prestone uses?
From: Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject: Re: uncle ron's radiator flush

to dump pure mud in it, and at 3 years old, that would
easily flush
out. What clogs a rad. is the constant heating and
> Does anyone have any experiences with busdepot
> radiator flush. Will it help on a three year old
> radiator that may be plugged by someone adding
> stopleak? How many units should I use? or am I

Item #245014 (14 Apr 2004 09:39) - Re: uncle ron's(not MY uncle) radiator flush
 From: George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: uncle ron's(not MY uncle) radiator flush
Comments: To: hradek@YAHOO.COM

Item #245020 (14 Apr 2004 08:19) - Re: uncle ron's(not MY uncle) radiator flush
 From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: uncle ron's(not MY uncle) radiator flush
Comments: To: THX0001@aol.com

Item #245021 (14 Apr 2004 08:22) - Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
 From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
Comments: To: vw4x4@fyi.net
system while I am doing this. I have already tried
the water up the radiator trick with very hot water.
gary
23:56:43 -0400From: Eric Zeno
<vw4x4@FYI.NET>Subject: Re: uncle ron's radiator
flushYou are wasting your money. If your rad. is only
Does anyone have any experiences with busdepotradiator
flush. Will it help on a three year oldradiator that
may be plugged by someone addingstopleak? How many

Item #245022 (14 Apr 2004 08:27) - Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
 From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
Comments: To: Vanagon Man <vgonman@msn.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 12:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [VANAGON] uncle ron's radiator flush
>
> > heading up to oregon near Redding. Any home made
> > flush remedies welcome, I am thinking orange peels
> and
> > From: Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
> > Subject: Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
> >
> would
> > easily flush
> > out. What clogs a rad. is the constant heating and
> > > Does anyone have any experiences with busdepot
> > > radiator flush. Will it help on a three year
> old
> > > radiator that may be plugged by someone adding
> > > stopleak? How many units should I use? or am I

Item #245036 (14 Apr 2004 10:12) - Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
 From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
Comments: To: "Samuel L. Walters" <samuel.walters@verizon.net>
I have had no positive comments on uncle ron's
radiator flush so I am leaning to home remedys.
At this point I am thinking to isolate the radiator
and fill it with the following in three steps,
chemicals with foil and the foil held up well enough.
If I mess up the radiator I figure I am headed there
anyway. Just need to figure a way to plug the lower
percentage of the coolant flow goes through the big
hoses tothe radiator, a small % to the heater system
hoses.
tells you that something isstopping the flow either to
or through the radiator and it isn't doingits job.
Some other posts I read looking at that (by Dennis
Just some thoughts on this. So I think your idea that
the radiator isclogged in some way is a good starting
point.

Item #249215 (2 Jun 2004 09:19) - kings canyon camping and citric acid radiator flush
 From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: kings canyon camping and citric acid radiator flush
MIME-Version: 1.0
Over the holiday I did my first real test of my
cooling system since I did the citric acid radiator
flush. The Easter trip had scared me into action as
it was cooler then and I was using my heater to keep

Item #333772 (26 Aug 2007 09:18) - Radiator flush substance ...
 From: Zoltan <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject: Radiator flush substance ...
MIME-version: 1.0
I was alway wondering if there was something that I can pour into the =
radiator, leave it overnight and than rinse it out togethter with all =
the deposits.

Item #333777 (26 Aug 2007 13:01) - Re: Radiator flush substance ...
 From: Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: Radiator flush substance ...

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