Fordmods Logo

Coolant Flushing and Refilling Q/A's 

 

Page 1 of 1 [ 7 posts ] 

 
 Post subject: Coolant Flushing and Refilling Q/A's
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:13 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 36

Posts: 673

Joined: 23rd Jul 2011

Gallery: 10 images

Ride: XG

Location: Bendigo
VIC, Australia

Hi guys, I am about to flush out my coolant in my ef and my gf's mum's el falcon, and I was wondering what the correct way to go about it, thinking it goes like this,

please note I am going to be using Nulon products!

Get some Nulon R40 Radiator Coolant Flush, turn heater on, run for 20mins idle, let cool.
Drain coolant, refill with fresh tap water and rerun flushing again for another 20mins, let cool once again and drain.
Fill with Nulon Concentrated 5ltr Coolant bottle and then add two 5ltr bottles of Demineralised Water.

that should be 33% coolant and 66% Demineralised Water yes? and should flush the system out good enough.

Let me know if this is a good way of flushing the cooling systems in these cars.

Thanks!, forgive me if this has been posted 1million times.

 

_________________

XG Ute - 3 Seater - Auto - Dual Fuel

Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: Coolant Flushing and Refilling Q/A's
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:47 pm 
Fordmods Newbie
Offline

Age: 68

Posts: 17

Joined: 29th Oct 2010

Ride: Ford EF Falcon XR6

Location: Melbourne
VIC, Australia

Thats a better job than 99% of workshops do.
Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: Coolant Flushing and Refilling Q/A's
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:13 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 36

Posts: 673

Joined: 23rd Jul 2011

Gallery: 10 images

Ride: XG

Location: Bendigo
VIC, Australia

oh sweet, defiantly going to do it once I get the welsh plugs replaced and replace all hoses and renew the thermostat

 

_________________

XG Ute - 3 Seater - Auto - Dual Fuel

Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: Coolant Flushing and Refilling Q/A's
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:25 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Posts: 1007

Joined: 21st Dec 2004

Ride: ED V8

Location: driving under the sun........now!
WA, Australia

oze-ford wrote:
.....that should be 33% coolant and 66% Demineralised Water yes? and should flush the system out good enough.


What is the other 1% going to be??

 

_________________

ED XR8 Spri-mitatio-nt

Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: Coolant Flushing and Refilling Q/A's
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:26 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 36

Posts: 673

Joined: 23rd Jul 2011

Gallery: 10 images

Ride: XG

Location: Bendigo
VIC, Australia

500ml of both water and coolant :)

 

_________________

XG Ute - 3 Seater - Auto - Dual Fuel

Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: Coolant Flushing and Refilling Q/A's
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:19 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 56

Posts: 6467

Joined: 18th Dec 2006

Ride: 93 ED sedan

Power: 161 rwkw

Location: Rockhampton
QLD, Australia

There are 8 welsh plugs all up, all 40mm. 5 on the exhaust side of the block, 2 on the inlet side, and 1 at the rear. To do them is a major job....especially the rear, as this requires the removal of the transmission.
You are better off driving the car for 20 mins, than idling for 20 mins while the flush is in.
You need to flush with water before puting in the flush anyway.

 

_________________

http://youtu.be/jJTh9F3Vgg0

Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: Coolant Flushing and Refilling Q/A's
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:14 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 36

Posts: 673

Joined: 23rd Jul 2011

Gallery: 10 images

Ride: XG

Location: Bendigo
VIC, Australia

wont be able to drive mine, no rego and I live around the corner from the police station! and I'm not gonna waste money on rego when I get really use it, has got a few other things to fix on the car before I do that and then there's still getting my p's when I get the money next month etc,

 

_________________

XG Ute - 3 Seater - Auto - Dual Fuel

Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:
Sort by  
 Page 1 of 1  [ 7 posts ] 

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 34 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

 

 

It is currently Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:52 am All times are UTC + 11 hours

 

 

(c)2014 Total Web Solutions Australia - Australian Web Hosting and Domain Names