Good Morning! I havent been on for awhile. Could someone please tell me the thread for changing the coolant? Drain plugs, etc.
LX Coolant Change
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https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/14891-cleaned-my-cooling-system-full-scoop.html You can find maintenance items in the FAQ section.
On a similar thought, does the FSM address flushing the radiator and block? If so, anyone got a page number? I see removing the hoses, but not flushing. On e's thread, I get powerful confused about which hose leads to what component, and which direction I'll want to be pushing water, etc... Prolly just me, but this is the next baseline I'm gonna tackle 'til the PHH gets in, and the devil's in the details.
meh, if the coolant is REALLY cruddy I use a flush tee. However, I install it with a short piece of 5/8 hose into the heater piping without cutting up the heater hose itself.
leave the rad cap off when flushing with the hose.
when done, remove the tee and the short piece of 'jumper hose' and nobody would know you were in there!
Most of the time, if the coolant doesn't smell like rotten fish, I'll just drain and refill every 3-4 years.
leave the rad cap off when flushing with the hose.
when done, remove the tee and the short piece of 'jumper hose' and nobody would know you were in there!
Most of the time, if the coolant doesn't smell like rotten fish, I'll just drain and refill every 3-4 years.
Pull one side of the lower radiator hose off, pull out the thermostat by removing the cover (3 nuts), pull both heater hose lines off the 'U' shaped metal pipe on the fire wall, remove the block drain bolt on the driver side via the wheel well, and finally take off the radiator cap. Turn the ignition on and put the heater to full heat, turn ignition off. Now use a garden hose to flush into both heater hoses on the fire wall; the upper will flush out the block and drain via the removed drain bolt, the lower will flush the heater cores and lines and drain via the thermostat housing. Flush the radiator very well via the filler. Done. Replace hoses (especially the phh) and the thermostat as needed and add 2 gallons of full strength coolant, then fill remainder with distiller water.
