Is it too late to abort a radiator flush?
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Is it too late to abort a radiator flush?
today i started to do a radiator drain and refill and after removing the radiator drain plug and draining the coolant i realized to do a full flush you had to remove the drain plugs in the cylinder block and everthing... well i dont think im prepared to go that far as i am not that mechanically inclined so can i just pour the new coolant back into the radiator top until full and be done with it? or have i already reached a point of no return? again, all i drained was the radiator not the cylinder block or resivoir tank, both of those remained untouched...
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You need to bleed the radiator. There is most likely air in the system.
Use the Air bleeded when filling. slightly unscrew and pour in more water/coolant, until fluids come out of the hole. Screw the bleeder back on tight. Turn on car and heater. Wash rinse repeat.
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Use the Air bleeded when filling. slightly unscrew and pour in more water/coolant, until fluids come out of the hole. Screw the bleeder back on tight. Turn on car and heater. Wash rinse repeat.
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i have already filled it back up with 50/50 coolant and i found a thread that said this happens when there is air in the system, which im assuming is what happened since i did not remove the relief plug when i refilled it... so do i still need to redrain and refill or just attempt to get the air out of the system?
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ok, update... i started the car and let it run and after a few minutes the fans came on and it started to get hot, i turned the air relief plug and steam came out then coolant, i retightened and waited about 30 seconds and loosened again more steam then coolant, i repeated this until is was only coolant coming out, i then turned the car off and let it sit for about 15-20 minutes and restarted waited 5 minutes and tried the air relief plug again but no steam or coolant came out and i waited about 10 minutes, so i turned the heater on and waited another 10 minutes still no steam or coolant, but the heater will not blow cold now... what should i do?
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ok, i will let it cool off for about another 20 minutes then i will remove the radiator cap and fill with coolant with the drain plug open like you said, after that what do i do?
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ok car is cool and radiator cap is off and air plug is open, now do i start the car and start filling it or fill it with the car off? and should i run the heater?
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I think you should let a shop to do your future maintainence. You're lucky to have Istan here to help you out. Sorry, i feel a bit lazy today.
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