[Shotimes] Coolant flush questions

[Bruce Malachuk]

I put the T on a heater hose. It's a little tricky to get to but I was able
to get there my STB gets in the way a little. I think it was the outermost
heater hose towards the drivers side of the engine. It takes longer to hook
up the hose than it does to have all the coolant drain out on the the ground
for the dogs and cats to lap up :-) If I get a chance I'll try and email you
a picture of how I did it. I've gotta wait for my digital's batteries to
recharge. 


Bruce Malachuk

94 Opal Frost MTX

93 Black ATX soon to be parts

93 Green MTX - black interior...a turd with wheels right now


-----Original Message-----
From: James F. Ryan III [mailto:av8r567@optonline.net] 
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 11:42 AM
To: Bruce Malachuk; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Coolant flush questions

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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