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Old Feb 22, 2015 | 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by djb383
Remove the heater hose and the rad hose from the t-stat cover. Remove the bottom rad hose from the water pump. Stick a garden hose in the heater hose and flush. Stick the garden hose in the heater hose nipple on the stat cover and flush. Stick the garden hose in the top rad hose and flush.

That pic is really bad and many flushes may, may not work. A cooling system doesn't get like that overnight, lots of neglect there.
Do you think its too bad to save by flushing? Every hose I've checked since I started this yesterday (both heater core hoses and coolant overfill hose) have been completely blocked, so I'm not feeling good about anything else being in good in this system. I don't really feel like spending hours flushing it if a new radiator and a couple new hoses will fix it.

About your second comment, my sister has used it as her DD the last 4+ years while I've been stationed overseas with the military and she did nothing to maintain it. I've spent thousands on it since I got it back a couple months ago and still feel like I'm scratching the surface.
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Old Feb 22, 2015 | 05:53 PM
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FWIW, a new cooling system costs less than $250 in parts and is a walk in the park to replace.

Did u say thanks sis. LOL
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FWIW, a new cooling system costs less than $250 in parts and is a walk in the park to replace.

Did u say thanks sis. LOL

Do you mind if I send you a PM? I don't want to clog up this person's thread with my questions.
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Fire away.....I'll help any way I can.
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