Flushing cooling system on 04 gt mustang?

Question

ok im about to do a full out cooling system flush (radiator, block, resevoir ect) on my mustang. can anyone give me detailed procedures/ advice on how to do this? do's and dont's, refill procedures. i will not be doing a chemical flush, only garden hose flush lol

thanks alot!

Answer 1

yeap take out the plug on the radiator

take off cap

let drain

put water hose in turn on

wait till the water is good and clean

put plug back in

put cap back on

Answer 2

open the radaitor cap open, and there should be a drain plug on the lower right side of the radiator unscrew it and drain the anti-freeze out of the radiator, then start the car up until the fan comes on then shut it of then disconect the lower and upper radiator hoses to let the anti-freeze out of the engine, also if there is any anti-freeze in the tank you can unscrew it and take it off to emty it,then just put the garden hose in the radiator and run it till clear water comes out, then just attach the hoses back up and leave the radaitor cap open, refill the tank and then with the radiator cap open start the car and it should suck the anti-freeze out of the tank and then just add more as needed,and that should do it, just call around to your local shops and they should take your old anti-freeze.

Answer 3

Whatever you do, make sure that you don't leave any radiator flush in the system because it will eat a hole in the soft aluminum. BTW, leave some coolant on the ground for some kitty cats.

Answer 4

Why are you doing this? Antifreeze is toxic and is illegal to just dump down the drain or on the ground.

Licensed shops can do a recycle flush and restore the proper antifreeze mix.