87landshark

evening gents. finally, a break in the rain here (it started the day after the parts arrived, how odd!) and the new radiator is installed. First, a quick tip I never got a heads up on. If anyone ever has to go through installing a new radiator along with new oil cooler lines, keep this in mind. Its easiest to fit the oil lines and fan assembly to the new rad outside of the car, and drop it in as one unit. I have since put in fresh oil and filter, ran the car on two occasions just to flush out any remaining gunk from the contaminated oil, drained it out and changed to fresh oil and a new filter today. Heres the question. I ran the car both times with water and a prestone flush, to attempt flushing any residual foriegn grease and oils fron the cooling system, drained the rad and the block(both sides) just now. It looks clear enough. Actually, since all of the leftover oil rose to the coolant overflow tank, I sucked that thing dry with a shop-vac before i drained anything. Is it safe to go ahead and refill the system with anti-freeze and distilled water now, or should I flush it with fresh water again? And if so, whats the best and quickest way to do this? I gotta get back to driving this thing.....but I gotta get it right.

Jim M.

You've done more than enough flushing, time to go with the final water/antifreeze mix and drive the thing.

mickster

Just wanted to check in and see how this all went.

Michael