[Shotimes] Coolant flush questions

[James F. Ryan III]

Bruce,

Where did you install the "T"?  On my '91, accessing a "T" installed in the
heater hose and trying to attach a garden hose is next to impossible (with
the intake manifold on).


Jim Ryan
Wayne, NJ
'91 PLUS - all white/mocha with fiberglass hood, rod shifter, & rear spoiler

255 Lph fuel pump, SHO Shop horn, 55mm MAF, K&N panel filter, SHO Shop
HiFlow Y-pipe & cat-back exhaust, SHO Shop underdrive pulleys, SHO Shop
HiRevs Jr clutch & steel billet LiteWeight flywheel, reinforced engine &
trans mounts, SHO Shop TQ limiters, FPS '96 SHO front brakes, Carbotech F
brake pads, Nook's full-body SFCs, Koni adj struts, SHO Shop linear springs,
24mm FSB, 26mm RSB, SHO Shop steel f&r STBs, Bridgestone Potenza RE-730
225/55-16, CATZ MSP fog lights, police grille



>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Bruce Malachuk
>Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 11:29 AM
>To: 'Harry Seaman'; stevetatro@netzero.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Coolant flush questions
>
>
>I picked up one of those kits from prestone for flushing. For the
>$7 I spent
>it was well worth it. I even was able to hook up my garden hose to my
>kitchen sink so I could flush with cold water, then hot water. Then I
>drained the whole thing down, and poured 1 gallon of straight antifreeze in
>there. I could see it about 2/3's of the way up the radiator, so I started
>the car up, and ran it for a min. Then added about 1/2 a gallon of
>50/50 mix
>I had made up and that brought it to the top of the rad. The nice thing is
>that with the prestone flush kit I had a way to vent the air from
>the system
>pretty quick, just loosen the flush cap a little. Drove it around and then
>filled the recovery tank with 50/50, and my mix tested out at 60% water 40%
>coolant so I added my bottle of water wetter and away I went. My Opal runns
>very cool on the highway, yet it has a newer thermostat. I run at or just
>above tha A in normal, stop and go is a different story though.
>
>I also used distilled water for the 50/50 mix, and in a perfect world I
>would have flushed the system out with distilled after the hose
>routine, but
>I was in a hurry. Check out the prestone kit, I think it is worth the ease
>of a flush and fill that it affords. Can be a 15 to 20 min job.
>Meaning I'll
>do it yearly.
>
>
>Bruce Malachuk
>
>94 Opal Frost MTX - so to be sleeping for the winter
>
>93 Black ATX soon to be parts - interior parted waiting on drivetrain drop
>
>93 Green MTX - black interior - the winter beater - aka turd with wheels
>right now in the middle of a clutchjob LOTS OF RUST
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf Of Harry Seaman
>Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 11:03 AM
>To: stevetatro@netzero.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: [Shotimes] Coolant flush questions
>
>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
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