[Mgs] Flushing the cooling system?

[Stephen West-fisher]

I've always put an overflow bottle on the overflow tube so that nasty
antifreeze doesn't get on the ground should there be a small overheat
episode.

Didn't help on the F-150 last Saturday, the upper hose blew :-) All over the
front of the truck, windshield, mirrors, etc. The hose still feels nice and
pliable except right where it gets close to the thermostat housing. Being
original equipment on a 15 year old truck should have given me a clue.

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Stephen West-Fisher
Coastal Data Systems
727.599.4271
http://www.coastaldatasystems.com/

-----Original Message-----
From: mgs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Bob Donahue
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:21 AM
To: mgs
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Flushing the cooling system?

I never understood the need for an overflow bottle. If you read the
owner/shop manual on any "pre-overflow-bottle" car, you will discover that
the radiator itself has a fill line or at least a spec about the fill level.
In other words the very top of the radiator is supposed to be empty. The top
of the radiator itself is the "overflow bottle".