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Offline Aaron dusseault

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« on: November 10, 2003, 10:27:18 pm »
Went to the dealer today and they quoted me 70 bones to flush my coolant. Has anybody done this on their own. Please tell me how.
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Offline Ryan Coft

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« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2003, 10:37:19 pm »
not to be mean...

but "12.87 @ 109 mph" is your ET? and you don't know how to flush your coolant???

sheesh... maybe it's just me but i thought that's kinda wierd... anyways

just pull the drain plug at bottom of rad.. let it drain.. fill with water and run car until old coolant is flushed. Then fill with new coolant until fill, keep in mind to get out all the burps

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« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2003, 10:42:51 pm »
We need a new rule on this board.  No posting of 1/4 Mile ETs without a verified time slip.   :evil:    That goes for 60's too.......

Non verified times get DELETED.   I'd be happy to do the deleting.......  :moon:
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Offline Mike Schmid

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« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2003, 11:22:51 pm »
or you can get a tee that goes in the heater hose, has a screw off cap that you put the garden hose on.  plug your hose in there and run til clean.
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« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2003, 11:51:28 pm »
i know aaron....and i can tell you that that definitly is his true 1/4 mile time....any other island guy can tell you to...his car is insane....ask any of the island guys....me, eric, wade, jeremy....or anyone else that knows him
give the guy a fricken break...you dont have to know everything about everything......the guy put a supra sidemount in himself so who cares if he didn't know how to change the coolant..now he knows
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« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2003, 06:31:56 am »
not saying he didnt pull the time... just found it wierd, that's all...
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« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2003, 08:37:55 am »
also, if you take off the pressure cap and thermostat housing, you can clean it up in there really well, and it also drains faster if its off.

I also took the rad out, and replaced the hoses.  When its off you can clean stuff up real well, and stuff a hose up in your engine to really clean it out.

Also if its been a while, get some rad flush chemicals from  a parts place and use that too and then flush it again.  You will see....

the system cannot cool effectively if all the small areas are gunked up.  Gunk doesnt transfer heat as well as metal.
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« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2003, 09:55:10 am »
Quote from: "Michael Cummings"

give the guy a fricken break...


Relax Michael, its all good.  

Aaron,  I chose the wrong thread to start venting my spleen.   Shoulda started a new one.

No reflection on Aaron, but lately there's been some "My car runs (insert impossibly good time here)" and ZERO paper work to back it up.  :roll:

One person later admitted it was a joke, still waiting on paperwork on the other.  Quite frankly if I ran a (insert impossibly good time here), I would have the timeslip bronzed....... :laugh:
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Offline Michael Cummings

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« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2003, 11:27:40 am »
yea its all good chris i guess i got a bit carried away
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Offline Jovan Ceklaj

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« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2003, 12:35:21 pm »
I'm thinking he meant a flush with caustic(sp?) fluids to clean out any crap that may be gunked in there.  Not many people have the fluids needed to do that laying around the house, so I think his question is valid

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Offline Jeremy Clarke

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« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2003, 05:23:25 pm »
I think you can get a can of crap at CT that will flush the rad. You pur it in and idle it for 10min then flush normally. I have used it B4 and it seemed to work well as some really crappy brown water came out.

P.S. I can also vouch for Aarons time in his sig as he beat me like a readheaded stepchild the other week. I think he did scan his slip to Andrew S. anyway because he is on the top ten list.
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Offline Aaron dusseault

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« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2003, 06:23:46 pm »
Gotta love my island brothers. Thanks for the support guys. I have done all my mods myself turbo stuff as well as vpc wiring and other jobs. I have always believed in asking alot of questions and relying on friends for valuable advice it makes for a happy Talon. As for my time you want my slip i can provide it to anyone who wants it. Must get 11s.Need to improve skills and spend more money. :wink:
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« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2003, 06:50:57 pm »
good job Aaron..

what type of turbo are you running? :thumbs:
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Offline Michael Cummings

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« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2003, 09:09:57 pm »
he's got a big 16G...hahha there i answered for yea aaron...hhahaa
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Offline Aaron dusseault

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« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2003, 10:19:39 pm »
My big 16 ported and clipped is not bad but i got fp green / front mount on the mind. that with some tuning should put me in the very low 12s or high 11s. :thumbs:
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