Flushing the cooling system
If you are planning to flush the cooling system, you should probably look into the manual or approach a service station. But if you intend to do it yourself, then this is how you should go about it. You need to purchase a bottle of coolant and know how much water should be mixed with the coolant. Using equal parts of both is fine except for the winter season.
1. Park your car in the shade and allow it to cool down. Ensure that the car is in neutral and the hand brake is engaged and the engine is switched off.
2. Place a bucket that can hold at least 2.5 gallons of fluid under the radiator drain valve at the bottom of the radiator.
3. Open the drain plug slowly and allow the fluid to drain into the bucket. Wait till the entire fluid is drained.
4. Close the drain valve tightly.
5. Dispose the collected fluid in the bucket safely as it is toxic and can harm living things.
6. Open the radiator cap and fill it with clean water.
7. Run the engine with the heater at full blast for about ten to fifteen minutes.
8. Allow the engine to cool again and drain the water from the system following steps 2 and 3.
9. Refill the system with equal parts of coolant and water till the max level is reached.
10. Replace the pressure cap and run the engine for sometime and check if the temperature gauge shows normal reading.
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To properly flush your cooling system and get all of the junk out you need about 6 Ounces of Oxcilic acid After the coolant is drained and refilled with clean water you need to add the acid then colse the system and run the engine for about 20 min. Drain and refill with clean water and add about 10 oz. of baking soda to neutralize the acid the drain refill with proper antifreeze mix and your good to go!
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