Black92LX
11-11-2008, 02:26 PM
Folks if you are going to do it, do it right the first time and save yourself some trouble in the future.
Prime Example as to why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v432/Black92LX/DSCN0545.jpg
No my friends that is not oil!!!!! That would be my coolant and I have no one to blame but myself.
My coolant crossover cracked in the middle of last summer. I did not have a garage so I let it sit. Well I finally decided to swap the intake, plugs, blah, blah, blah. Before it went into storage for the winter. Well as I stated I did not have a garage it was damn near 100* and I had no shade. I did the job in haste and ended up breaking the radiator drain cock and getting pissed. All the parts stores were out of drain cocks. So I said forget it and did not fully flush the system instead I just added some antifreeze and water. Drove it like that for about 200 miles and put it in storage.
Fast forward to just over a year later today. Finally got my house built and have a garage and it's time to deal with what I just let sit.
Well today was coolant flush day and look what I have nothing but a pain in the ass that had I just done it right the first time I would not be in this predicament.
I am currently draining the system for the 4th time. This being the 2nd after using a radiator flush chemical.
The water is still quite brown but we are making excellent progress. I say two more go rounds and we will be pretty good.
So remember friends, do it right the first time!!!
Prime Example as to why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v432/Black92LX/DSCN0545.jpg
No my friends that is not oil!!!!! That would be my coolant and I have no one to blame but myself.
My coolant crossover cracked in the middle of last summer. I did not have a garage so I let it sit. Well I finally decided to swap the intake, plugs, blah, blah, blah. Before it went into storage for the winter. Well as I stated I did not have a garage it was damn near 100* and I had no shade. I did the job in haste and ended up breaking the radiator drain cock and getting pissed. All the parts stores were out of drain cocks. So I said forget it and did not fully flush the system instead I just added some antifreeze and water. Drove it like that for about 200 miles and put it in storage.
Fast forward to just over a year later today. Finally got my house built and have a garage and it's time to deal with what I just let sit.
Well today was coolant flush day and look what I have nothing but a pain in the ass that had I just done it right the first time I would not be in this predicament.
I am currently draining the system for the 4th time. This being the 2nd after using a radiator flush chemical.
The water is still quite brown but we are making excellent progress. I say two more go rounds and we will be pretty good.
So remember friends, do it right the first time!!!