tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post3087927219819006550..comments2024-03-29T00:38:38.893-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: A little further on that radiatorFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-4383401752987718402010-07-20T06:23:10.774-07:002010-07-20T06:23:10.774-07:00@anon..:
Start on cool engine
Put your catch buc...@anon..:<br /><i><br />Start on cool engine<br /><br />Put your catch bucket under the engine.<br /><br />Remove the lower radiator hose.<br />catch as much of the old stuff as you can.<br />Wash the antifreeze off your arm.<br /><br />Reconnect the hose.<br /><br />Refill.</i><br />.<br />Yes I got that part.<br />.<br />It used to be an issue that running the water pump 'dry' would, if not certain death to the pump, shorten pump life. I guess they're making Ford water pumps impervious to damage if/when run 'dry' these days?<br />.martywdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11123381583620194742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-77343068417108325782010-07-20T03:22:43.341-07:002010-07-20T03:22:43.341-07:00YIKES! y'all are doing waaaay too much work.
...YIKES! y'all are doing waaaay too much work.<br /><br />Start on cool engine<br /><br />Put your catch bucket under the engine.<br /><br />Remove the lower radiator hose.<br />catch as much of the old stuff as you can.<br />Wash the antifreeze off your arm.<br /><br />Reconnect the hose. <br /><br />Refill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-59664131436576358002010-07-19T07:32:42.751-07:002010-07-19T07:32:42.751-07:00Happily, on this one as soon as the engine started...Happily, on this one as soon as the engine started it began drawing the coolant into the system, so it had the stuff in place before the engine could heat enough to cause a problem. Otherwise I'd have been figuring how to hook a hose to the line, and then destroying my hand pumping the vacuum to fill the system.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-50473589014233237542010-07-19T07:22:57.726-07:002010-07-19T07:22:57.726-07:00So basically once you've vacuumed out the old ...So basically once you've vacuumed out the old coolant, your options are to either suck via vacuum new coolant from the reservoir back into the engine OR start the engine dry(!) let engine heat some which blows the heated air trapped in the dry(!) system back through the coolant reservoir, shutdown engine to let cool which sucks coolant from said reservoir to refill coolant into engine? Yup, there's dumbass involved here. It's just not you that's the dumbass, Firehand!<br />.martywdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11123381583620194742noreply@blogger.com