[Shotimes] Coolant flush questions

Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:13:27 -0500

I thought of putting it down at the oil cooler lines, but for some reason
someone told me that it wouldn't properly help to flush out the heater core.
Also it wouldn't aid in the "burping" of the system or the speed of doing
that. In previous flushes I'm checking the coolant level for like a week and
constantly adding, with the T in there I filled it, burped it, and then just
filled the recovery tank to about an inch past max, just before it would
dump out the overflow. Within a day or 2 of driving, the system would
balance out and the coolant would be in the middle of the min and max lines.

Distilled water isn't expensive when one owns a MIDI-5 stainless water
distiller :-) 1 gallon every 3 hours, heats my apartment, and costs roughly
~.50 per gallon of water made in electricity used. And it makes really good
tasting drinking water from the hard as a rock water we have here in Clifton
Park. 

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: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Paul Nimz
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 12:52 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Coolant flush questions

If you replace the oil cooler to t-stat housing hose with some bulk hose it
would be easy to access this for a tee fitting.  This hose on my car comes
out under the upper radiator hose then loops over to the t-stat housing.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Malachuk" <bmalach1@nycap.rr.com>
To: "'James F. Ryan III'" <av8r567@optonline.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 11:37 AM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Coolant flush questions

> 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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