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megaomega123

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coolant flush
« on: 30 July 2007, 17:52:44 »
I am just doing coolant flush and change. The water is really rusty looking. I have flushed 3 times and still rusty. If I leave the bleed tap open and refill it runs clear. So obviously the rust is through the system.

Shall I just keep flushing until it runs clear? Also there is a metallic tinkle somewhere mid enigine. Is this likely to be water pump or does cambelt tensioner make this type of noise?

I hasten to add that both are being done this week :y
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Re: coolant flush
« Reply #1 on: 30 July 2007, 17:59:18 »
Possibly worth taking the radiator pipes off, flush and reverse flush seperate to the engine... if it's gonna clog anywhere... this and the heater matrix are the place..


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Re: coolant flush
« Reply #2 on: 30 July 2007, 20:12:35 »
you can only get half coolant out on v6, unless you remove pump.  do the full flush when you're doing that...
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