Flush the Radiator Coolant?
02-03-2006, 07:52 PM
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Re: Flush the Radiator Coolant?
And on all commercial truck engines there'll be an access plate
near the thermostat housing to put in the sacrificial zinc block.
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Coasty wrote:
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> Yep, that is why all ships use zincs on their hulls they go before the ship
> hull does.
> Coasty
near the thermostat housing to put in the sacrificial zinc block.
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Coasty wrote:
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> Yep, that is why all ships use zincs on their hulls they go before the ship
> hull does.
> Coasty
02-03-2006, 07:52 PM
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Re: Flush the Radiator Coolant?
And on all commercial truck engines there'll be an access plate
near the thermostat housing to put in the sacrificial zinc block.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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Coasty wrote:
>
> Yep, that is why all ships use zincs on their hulls they go before the ship
> hull does.
> Coasty
near the thermostat housing to put in the sacrificial zinc block.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Coasty wrote:
>
> Yep, that is why all ships use zincs on their hulls they go before the ship
> hull does.
> Coasty
02-03-2006, 07:53 PM
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Re: Flush the Radiator Coolant?
10-4
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DougW wrote:
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> That and a spool of strip material is real cheap.
> Cheaper than a new radiator core. :)
>
> --
> DougW
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DougW wrote:
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> That and a spool of strip material is real cheap.
> Cheaper than a new radiator core. :)
>
> --
> DougW
02-03-2006, 07:53 PM
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Re: Flush the Radiator Coolant?
10-4
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DougW wrote:
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> That and a spool of strip material is real cheap.
> Cheaper than a new radiator core. :)
>
> --
> DougW
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DougW wrote:
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> That and a spool of strip material is real cheap.
> Cheaper than a new radiator core. :)
>
> --
> DougW
02-03-2006, 07:53 PM
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Re: Flush the Radiator Coolant?
10-4
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DougW wrote:
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> That and a spool of strip material is real cheap.
> Cheaper than a new radiator core. :)
>
> --
> DougW
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DougW wrote:
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> That and a spool of strip material is real cheap.
> Cheaper than a new radiator core. :)
>
> --
> DougW
02-03-2006, 08:49 PM
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Re: Flush the Radiator Coolant?
I have never changed the coolant in any car I've ever owned. The car body
rusts away or the car dies
from other causes.
And I've owned cars 25 years and longer.
Fred
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43E2A208.F1696543@***.net...
> I go with every two years. Some new car warranties suggest five
> years, but they are finding out the new coolant formula that will not
> kill animals, destroys the engine in that time as it changes to acid.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Brian Foster wrote:
>>
>> I took my car into get a state inspection today and in the bay next to
>> mine
>> there was a van getting a coolant flush. The Van had about 88K miles on
>> it
>> and they said it had never been flushed before.
>>
>> I was amazed at how thick and black the old coolant was. I asked if there
>> was something wrong with the vehicle that would cause that, and they told
>> me
>> it was pretty normal wear and tear.
>>
>> The shop I was at suggested Coolant flush @ 50K and then every 30k after
>> that.
>>
>> Is that about right?
rusts away or the car dies
from other causes.
And I've owned cars 25 years and longer.
Fred
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43E2A208.F1696543@***.net...
> I go with every two years. Some new car warranties suggest five
> years, but they are finding out the new coolant formula that will not
> kill animals, destroys the engine in that time as it changes to acid.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Brian Foster wrote:
>>
>> I took my car into get a state inspection today and in the bay next to
>> mine
>> there was a van getting a coolant flush. The Van had about 88K miles on
>> it
>> and they said it had never been flushed before.
>>
>> I was amazed at how thick and black the old coolant was. I asked if there
>> was something wrong with the vehicle that would cause that, and they told
>> me
>> it was pretty normal wear and tear.
>>
>> The shop I was at suggested Coolant flush @ 50K and then every 30k after
>> that.
>>
>> Is that about right?
02-03-2006, 08:49 PM
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Re: Flush the Radiator Coolant?
I have never changed the coolant in any car I've ever owned. The car body
rusts away or the car dies
from other causes.
And I've owned cars 25 years and longer.
Fred
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43E2A208.F1696543@***.net...
> I go with every two years. Some new car warranties suggest five
> years, but they are finding out the new coolant formula that will not
> kill animals, destroys the engine in that time as it changes to acid.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Brian Foster wrote:
>>
>> I took my car into get a state inspection today and in the bay next to
>> mine
>> there was a van getting a coolant flush. The Van had about 88K miles on
>> it
>> and they said it had never been flushed before.
>>
>> I was amazed at how thick and black the old coolant was. I asked if there
>> was something wrong with the vehicle that would cause that, and they told
>> me
>> it was pretty normal wear and tear.
>>
>> The shop I was at suggested Coolant flush @ 50K and then every 30k after
>> that.
>>
>> Is that about right?
rusts away or the car dies
from other causes.
And I've owned cars 25 years and longer.
Fred
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43E2A208.F1696543@***.net...
> I go with every two years. Some new car warranties suggest five
> years, but they are finding out the new coolant formula that will not
> kill animals, destroys the engine in that time as it changes to acid.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Brian Foster wrote:
>>
>> I took my car into get a state inspection today and in the bay next to
>> mine
>> there was a van getting a coolant flush. The Van had about 88K miles on
>> it
>> and they said it had never been flushed before.
>>
>> I was amazed at how thick and black the old coolant was. I asked if there
>> was something wrong with the vehicle that would cause that, and they told
>> me
>> it was pretty normal wear and tear.
>>
>> The shop I was at suggested Coolant flush @ 50K and then every 30k after
>> that.
>>
>> Is that about right?
02-03-2006, 08:49 PM
#58
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Re: Flush the Radiator Coolant?
I have never changed the coolant in any car I've ever owned. The car body
rusts away or the car dies
from other causes.
And I've owned cars 25 years and longer.
Fred
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43E2A208.F1696543@***.net...
> I go with every two years. Some new car warranties suggest five
> years, but they are finding out the new coolant formula that will not
> kill animals, destroys the engine in that time as it changes to acid.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Brian Foster wrote:
>>
>> I took my car into get a state inspection today and in the bay next to
>> mine
>> there was a van getting a coolant flush. The Van had about 88K miles on
>> it
>> and they said it had never been flushed before.
>>
>> I was amazed at how thick and black the old coolant was. I asked if there
>> was something wrong with the vehicle that would cause that, and they told
>> me
>> it was pretty normal wear and tear.
>>
>> The shop I was at suggested Coolant flush @ 50K and then every 30k after
>> that.
>>
>> Is that about right?
rusts away or the car dies
from other causes.
And I've owned cars 25 years and longer.
Fred
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43E2A208.F1696543@***.net...
> I go with every two years. Some new car warranties suggest five
> years, but they are finding out the new coolant formula that will not
> kill animals, destroys the engine in that time as it changes to acid.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Brian Foster wrote:
>>
>> I took my car into get a state inspection today and in the bay next to
>> mine
>> there was a van getting a coolant flush. The Van had about 88K miles on
>> it
>> and they said it had never been flushed before.
>>
>> I was amazed at how thick and black the old coolant was. I asked if there
>> was something wrong with the vehicle that would cause that, and they told
>> me
>> it was pretty normal wear and tear.
>>
>> The shop I was at suggested Coolant flush @ 50K and then every 30k after
>> that.
>>
>> Is that about right?
02-03-2006, 09:15 PM
#59
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Re: Flush the Radiator Coolant?
Well someone has, judging by my experience, as the radiators
usually dissolve from the outside in about eight years, and the water
pump and hose give up at about the same interval. I usually got a freeze
plug job from people whom didn't change their coolant in about four
years. Of course that's topping off with our California's hard water.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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"Fred V." wrote:
>
> I have never changed the coolant in any car I've ever owned. The car body
> rusts away or the car dies
> from other causes.
> And I've owned cars 25 years and longer.
>
> Fred
usually dissolve from the outside in about eight years, and the water
pump and hose give up at about the same interval. I usually got a freeze
plug job from people whom didn't change their coolant in about four
years. Of course that's topping off with our California's hard water.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
"Fred V." wrote:
>
> I have never changed the coolant in any car I've ever owned. The car body
> rusts away or the car dies
> from other causes.
> And I've owned cars 25 years and longer.
>
> Fred
02-03-2006, 09:15 PM
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Re: Flush the Radiator Coolant?
Well someone has, judging by my experience, as the radiators
usually dissolve from the outside in about eight years, and the water
pump and hose give up at about the same interval. I usually got a freeze
plug job from people whom didn't change their coolant in about four
years. Of course that's topping off with our California's hard water.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
"Fred V." wrote:
>
> I have never changed the coolant in any car I've ever owned. The car body
> rusts away or the car dies
> from other causes.
> And I've owned cars 25 years and longer.
>
> Fred
usually dissolve from the outside in about eight years, and the water
pump and hose give up at about the same interval. I usually got a freeze
plug job from people whom didn't change their coolant in about four
years. Of course that's topping off with our California's hard water.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
"Fred V." wrote:
>
> I have never changed the coolant in any car I've ever owned. The car body
> rusts away or the car dies
> from other causes.
> And I've owned cars 25 years and longer.
>
> Fred