Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Radiator Flushing Tips
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Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Radiator Flushing Tips



Congratulations on your first car too! Bart has some good advise below. I'm here in Texas and don't run thermostats in any of my cars however. But for the radiator, the little plug, usually on the driver side of the bottom of the radiator, is called a petcock. don't know who named it that bu timages of Beavis and Butthead pop up, hhuuuuhhhuu. When the car is cold, and has not been running, I take off the radiator cap, to release any pressure, then crawl under car and turn the petcock to drain the radiator, I usually put a big bucket to catch the anti freeze.
 
When it gets to a trickle, I put the water hose in the top, and turn it on, not full blast, just well, regular, and crank up the car, as this will flush out the remaining water in the block trapped behind the thermostat, when the car reaches operating temp. Let it run for awhile as Bart mentions, until the water coming out the petcock (have a hard time typing that word without laughing) is clear as the water coming out the hose.
 
Note there are some flush kits, notably by some places like Preston, you can buy for under $10 at auto parts stores, this stuff also releases some of the grime, rust, and other crap inside the radiator before you flush it, so it will function like it is supposed to. Good luck with yuor Gremlin, there are a lot of good people here on this list.
Eddie Stakes'
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Radiator Flushing Tips

In a message dated 2/22/05 12:24:14 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, warlocke@xxxxxxxxx writes:

i need to flush my radiator in my 78 grem and have no idea as to go
about doing it lol. anyone got ne suggestions???


im only 17 and this is my first car LOL

I take it your having overheating probs?thres a valve at the bottum of the rad. unskrew it and empty the nasty orange crappy water/antifreeze into a bucket as you can get in some serious shit for dumping it nowadays.i'd DEF. change the hoses and thermostat too.Run some water through yer rad. and make sure its coming out the same color at the bottum.and if you live in a [place where it don't get really cold i.e where i'm at in Fl. run half water,heald engine COOLANT do not use antifreeze and also run a 160 deg thermostat as i must stress that in warmer climate states you don't need the stuff for cold weather. and that fact your 17 isn't funny to us as many here are teens themselves and i got my first AMC as a teenager as well and i've learned a lot by doing what your doing right now  by asking questions.
Bart


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