[Shotimes] Coolant flush questions

Harry Seaman hjseaman@earthlink.net
Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:03:10 -0600


I've done this both with and without draining the block.  If you don't drain
the block, there will be a lot of water left in there after the flushing...I
added straight antifreeze and it came out just right. I was able to get a
whole gallon in.  The total system capacity is 2 gallons, more or less.  You
can disconnect the small water line at the throttle body to let the air out
while you're filling the system.

After recently finding the crankcase drain, I prefer to do it that way.  Easy
to do if you're already under ther changing the oil.  It's a brass, hex head
plug on the rear of the crankcase.  If you're under the car, looking forward
and up at the engine, it's to the right of the oil pressure sender, close to
one of the freeze plugs.

It's still not a bad idea to do a flush first. And use distilled water to
dilute the anti-freeze.

Harry
95m