Why not just drain coolant when changing components?
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Why not just drain coolant when changing components?
Ready to change Tstat housing. water pump and hoses. I have read many different ways of approaching the job in the forums. Turkey basters, hand pumps, blocking hoses, etc...
I read the flush and fill maintenance procedure in the stickys and am just curious why wouldn't you just do this procedure when you need to swap out components/hoses?
I hate working on cooling systems because they always seem to make a mess even doing my best to keep things tidy. By draining the system from the radiator drain plug I would think you have a much better chance of being able to contain the coolant.
If you flush and fill with new coolant wouldn't that eliminate mixing coolants. Also, I doubt many folks change the coolant on a regular basis so wouldn't it be a good time to kill two birds with one stone?
Am I missing something?
Cheers!
Andrew
I read the flush and fill maintenance procedure in the stickys and am just curious why wouldn't you just do this procedure when you need to swap out components/hoses?
I hate working on cooling systems because they always seem to make a mess even doing my best to keep things tidy. By draining the system from the radiator drain plug I would think you have a much better chance of being able to contain the coolant.
If you flush and fill with new coolant wouldn't that eliminate mixing coolants. Also, I doubt many folks change the coolant on a regular basis so wouldn't it be a good time to kill two birds with one stone?
Am I missing something?
Cheers!
Andrew
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