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I figure that I should flush my coolant system, People talk about burping the system, what is that, and what all do I need to do to flush my system?
Burping the system means removing all the trapped air in it after a system is drained and refilled. There are a few ways to do it, depending on the year and the equipment. The easiest and fastest way is to use a Sun cooling system flush machine, the machine gets put between the radiator top bung and the top hose, interuppts the flow. It draws all the old coolant out, about 95% and pulls a vacumn on the system for about 5 minutes. Then the exchanger/flusher is reversed and new coolant is pumped in, flows thru the machine and that pushs the last 5% out and replaces it with new coolant, with it's clear hoses you can see the old nasty stuff coming out and the new fresh green stuff going in, then remove the two adapters and reconnect the top hose to the radiator. Thats the automated method.bigpimpinben said:I figure that I should flush my coolant system, People talk about burping the system, what is that, and what all do I need to do to flush my system?
WobblesXJ said:Also a problem people don't realize is they put too much antifreeze in. Put only enough to lubricate things and keep the water from freezing. Antifreeze doesn't dissapate heat as well as water so you want as much water in there as you can.
Also go by the grocery store and pick up some distilled water before starting all this.
RichP said:As far as cooling properties, thats not an issue.
WobblesXJ said:I'm just curious so don't think I'm bashing you or anything but if the antifreeze's cooling properties aren't an issue is there another reason why it's not recommended to use just coolant with no water?
Also I did say lubrication and freeze protection were it's main points. (by lubrication I figured corrosion protection was included)
barillms said:I was told to "burp the system" just fill up the radiator... run the vehicle until the thermostat opens (rad cap off) and watch until it swallows up the fluid and add more.