Yes!  This is the beauty of it.  It is tied into the heater loop which is
always open (at least it is on my 1.9l '85).  It makes a great drain spot
as well as flush point.  No need to jack up the front end.  No need to
remove any hoses or drain bolts on the bottom of the engine.  Turn on the
water and flush away.  When it is fairly clear, run the engine with the
pressure cap off and excess flow coming out of the tank.  Remove the
radiator bleed bolt and put the pressure cap back on loosely.  You will
have a little fountain shooting out the top of the radiator.  When all is
clear, shut off the engine and remove the hose.  Drain out through the tee.
This will leave some water in the system.  Cap the Prestone  tee.  Add
straight coolant  (not 50/50 mix). Two gallons is about right.  Top off
with water.  Bleed the system as usual.  Several heat cycles will usually
be enough to bleed the system.

                                                                  Jay

Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA>@gerry.vanagon.com> on
08/01/2002 02:23:25 PM

Please respond to Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA>

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Subject:    Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions

As an honest question:  How does The "flush tee" flush the engine when the
cold
water closes the thermostat???   M

On 31 Jul 2002 at 14:58, Jay L Snyder wrote:

> Prestone flush tee in the one of the heater hoses underneath--much
> easier and already there for the next time.    Jay